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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cheryl A Dyer, Poway, CA (US);
Linda K Curtiss, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Smith, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530324 ; 514 12 ;
Abstract
The present invention contemplates a method for treating hypercholesterolemia in a patient, which method comprises administering to the patient an LDL plasma concentration-reducing amount of a multimeric polypeptide capable of binding the LDL receptor. THe repeating unit of the polypeptide has an amino acid residue sequence corresponding to that represented by the formula LRKLRKRLLRDADDL.