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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Christian Grønhøj Larsen, Aarhus, DK;
Borbala Gesser, Hasselager, DK;
Steeno Research Group A/S, Odense SV, DK;
Abstract
This invention relates to a polypeptide other than human interleukin (10) which has at least one of the following properties: a) induces inhibition of spontaneous IL-8 production by human monocytes, b) induces inhibition of IL-1 beta induced IL-8 production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), c) induces production of interleukin-1 receptor antagonistic protein (IRAP) by human monocytes, d) induces chemotactic migration of CD8+ human T lymphocytes in vitro, e) desensitizes human CDS+ T cells resulting in an unresponsiveness towards rhIL-10,f) suppresses the chemotactic response of CD4+ T human lymphocytes towards IL-8, g) suppresses the chemotactic response of human monocytes towards MCAF/MCP-1, h) induces the production of IL-4 by cultured normal human CD4+ T cells, i) reduces the TNF alpha production in human mixed leukocyte reaction. In particular, the invention relates to the nonapeptide Ala-Tyr-Met-Thr-Met-Lys-Ile-Arg-Asn (SEQ ID NO:1) and analogues and variants thereof.