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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Novo Industri A/S, , DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 530324 ; 530325 ; 530326 ; 530327 ; 530328 ; 530329 ; 530330 ;
Abstract
Peptides of the formula R.sup.1 -His-Asp-Glu-Ala-R wherein R.sup.1 is Ala-Gln, and R is a polypeptide residue with up to 50 amino acid residues, and wherein one, more or all of the amino acid residues in R.sup.1 and/or R independently may be omitted, can be used to augment cell mediated cytotoxicity and thereby to treat cancers and viral infections. These peptides may be prepared by proteolytic digestion of Staphylococcus aureus protein A, as well as by protein synthesis, recombinant DNA methods or any other methods known in the art.