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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshihiko Yamada, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Makoto Sasaki, Beppu, JP;
Hynda K Kleinman, Bethesda, MD (US);
George R Martin, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 66 ; 623 12 ; 514 13 ; 514 14 ; 514 15 ; 530326 ; 530327 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to peptides and derivatives thereof having laminin-like activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these peptides, to antibodies effective against these peptides, and to vectors containing a DNA sequence of cDNA coding for the A chain of laminin. The peptides of the invention may be used to treat diseases such as cancer.