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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Million Mulugeta, Culver City, CA (US);
Lixin Wang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yvette Taché, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jean Rivier, La Jolla, CA (US);
Million Mulugeta, Culver City, CA (US);
Lixin Wang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Yvette Taché, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jean Rivier, La Jolla, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES, La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure reveals that cyclic corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) antagonist peptides (such as astressin B, its functional fragments, and their derivatives) induce hair growth and prevent hair loss in vivo. This important discovery enables, for instance, methods of promoting hair growth, and methods of treating hair loss (such as the hair loss that occurs normally in some individuals or that is the result of a health disorder or therapeutic treatment). Exemplary cyclic CRF antagonist peptides useful in the disclosed methods are provided throughout the disclosure.