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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:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Moro, Lexington, MA (US);
Kawori Wakita, Yokohama, JP;
Manami Ohnuma, Kamakura, JP;
Ethan A Lerner, Newton, MA (US);
Masahiro Tajima, Yokohama, JP;
Assignees:
Shiseido Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; G01N / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241851 ; 435-721 ; 436503 ; 530300 ; 530324 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
This specification relates to the use of peptides having a specific affinity to pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) receptors, particularly MAX (67 amino acids), NSP (61 amino acids) and M65 (46 amino acids). MAX and NSP act as agonists to PACAP type 1 receptors, and M65 acts as an antagonist to PACAP type 1 receptors.