Alba Therapeutics Corporation

The Johns Hopkins University

Koskimaki, Jacob E.

Rosca, Elena V.

Rivera, Corban G.

Tamiz, Amir P.

Popel, Aleksander S.

Pandey, Niranjan B.

Amir P Tamiz

Niranjan B Pandey

Aleksander S Popel

Corban G Rivera

Elena V Rosca

Jacob E Koskimaki

Malarvizhi Durai

Neil Poloso

Rosa A Carrasco

Sefik Alkan

Kelly Marie Kitchens

Blake Paterson

Min Li

Min Lin

Mimetic peptides having anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic properties and methods of their use for treating cancer, ocular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, and other-angiogenesis-dependent diseases are disclosed. More particularly, active non-cysteine analogs (mimetics), which exhibit anti-angiogenic activity in endothelial cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and tube formation assays, anti-migratory activity in human breast cancer cells in vitro, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumori-genic activity in vivo in breast cancer xenograft models, and age-related macular degeneration models are disclosed. The presently disclosed mimetic peptides also exhibit anti-lymphangiogenic and directly anti-tumorigenic properties.

Mimetic peptides derived from collagen type IV and their use for treating angiogenesis- and lymphangiogenesis- dependent diseases

Novel compounds and methods for the inhibition of biological barrier permeability and for the inhibition of peptide translocation across biological barriers are identified. Assays for determining modulators of biological barrier permeability and for peptide translocation across biological barriers are provided. Methods for treating diseases relating to aberrant biological barrier permeability and peptide translocation across biological barriers are provided. Such diseases include celiac disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, diabetes, cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases, asthma, COPD, excessive or undesirable immune response, gluten sensitivity, gluten allergy, food allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, immune-mediated or type 1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, scleroderma and autoimmune thyroid diseases.

Peptide inhibitors of tight junction permeability

Mimetic peptides derived from collagen type IV and their use for treating angiogenesis- and lymphangiogenesis-dependent diseases

Inhibition of gliadin peptides

Mimetic peptides having anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic properties and methods of their use for treating cancer, ocular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, and other-angiogenesis-dependent diseases are disclosed. More particularly, active non-cysteine analogs (mimetics), which exhibit anti-angiogenic activity in endothelial cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and tube formation assays, anti-migratory activity in human breast cancer cells in vitro, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic activity in vivo in breast cancer xenograft models, and age-related macular degeneration models are disclosed. The presently disclosed mimetic peptides also exhibit anti-lymphangiogenic and directly anti-tumorigenic properties.

Mimetic peptides derived from collagen type IV and their use for treating angiogenesis- and lymphagiogenesis-dependent diseases

The present invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis). Materials of the invention may include compositions comprising one or more tight junction antagonists and optionally one or more therapeutic agents. Methods of the invention may comprise treating a subject in need thereof with a composition comprising one or more tight junction antagonists and, optionally one or more therapeutic agents.

Use of tight junction antagonists to treat inflammatory bowel disease

The present invention provides novel peptides that inhibit and/or reduce the opening of mammalian tight junctions, i.e. peptide tight junction antagonists. The present invention also provides methods for the treatment of excessive or undesirable permeability of a tissue by administering to a subject suffering from such a condition a composition comprising a peptide tight junction antagonist of the invention.

Inhibitors of mammalian tight junction opening

The present invention provides novel peptides that facilitate the opening of mammalian tight junctions. i.e. tight junction agonists. Th present invention also provides methods for the treatment of disease by administering to a subject suffereing from the disease a composition comprising a peptide tight junction agonist of the invention in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of an active agent.

Synthetic peptides that enhance tight junction permeability

Use of tight junction antagonists to treat inflammatory bowl disease

The present invention provides novel peptides that facilitate the opening of mammalian tight junctions, i.e. tight junction agonists. The present invention also provides methods for the treatment of disease by administering to a subject suffering from the disease a composition comprising a peptide tight junction agonist of the invention in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of an active agent.

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Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

Amir P Tamiz