University of Alberta

Valorisation Hsj, Limited Partnership

Christopher Warren Cairo

Alan Michael Downey

Tianlin Guo

Naresh Singh Tulsi

Alexey Pchejetski

The present invention provides a method of preventing or treating atherosclerosis or a symptom thereof comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a specific inhibitor of neuraminidase 1 (neu1); neuraminidase 3 (neu3); or a bispecific inhibitor of neu1 or neu3 of formula I; (I) and a compound of formula I.

Methods of preventing or treating atherosclerosis with inhibitors of specific isoenzymes of human neuraminidase

Described herein are the preparation and use of novel bromo-phosphonomethylphenylalanine amino acid derivatives (BrPmp) and BrPmp-containing peptides as specific, irreversible protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors, which are suitable for application in peptide synthesis. These derivatives are particularly advantageous since their synthesis is both easy and scalable, and they are suitable for peptide synthesis. The BrPmp derivatives described herein can be appropriately protected to allow for solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) and incorporation into peptides for preparation of protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors and inhibitor libraries. The peptides and peptide libraries can be used to identify new protein tyrosine phosphatase specific sequences and profile protein tyrosine phosphatase activity in cell lysates, diagnostic samples and biopsy samples.

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Christopher Warren Cairo