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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vincent C. Bond, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Ming Bo Huang, Atlanta, GA (US);
James W. Lillard, Jr., Smyrna, GA (US);
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The present application relates to methods and compositions and methods for treating viral infections, especially those caused by SARS-CoV-2. In one aspect, a method of treatment comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a multipartite SARS-CoV-2-inhibiting peptide comprising a secretion modulating region (VI-SMR) peptide from HIV-1 Nef in combination with a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) domain, a Clusterin (Clu)-binding peptide (Clu-BP) domain, a mitochondrial targeting (Mito-T) peptide domain, an anti-fusogenic (AF) peptide domain, a viral attachment inhibitor (VAI) domain or combination thereof, optionally where the SARS-CoV-2-inhibiting peptide is pegylated and/or modified with one or more hydrophobic domains.