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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:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erkki Ruoslahti, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
Erkki Koivunen, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530327 ; 530328 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides peptides having specificity for fibronectin-binding and vitronectin-binding integrins, and in particular for .alpha..sub.5 .beta..sub.1 integrin. These peptides are characterized by having the ability to interfere with fibronectin binding to .alpha..sub.5 .beta..sub.1 integrin, to block attachment of cells expressing integrins to extracellular matrix proteins and to promote cell attachment when immobilized onto a surface.