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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1982
Nicholas C Ling, San Diego, CA (US);
Frederick S Esch, Oceanside, CA (US);
Peter Bohlen, Encinitas, CA (US);
Paul E Brazeau, Jr, San Diego, CA (US);
Roger C Guillemin, La Jolla, CA (US);
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
PGRF has been synthesized. The invention provides synthetic peptides which are extremely potent in stimulating the release of pituitary GH in mammals and which have the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is OH or NH.sub.2, R.sub.34 is Ser or Ala, R.sub.38 is Arg or Ser, R.sub.40 is Ala or Arg and R.sub.41 is Arg, Arg-Ala, Arg-Ala-Arg, Arg-Ala-Arg-Leu or des-R.sub.41. These peptides or biologically active fragments thereof, or analogs thereof having well-known substitutions and/or additions, as well as nontoxic salts of any of the foregoing, may be administered therapeutically to mammals, including humans, and may be used diagnostically.