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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:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alberta Research Council, Alberta, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/910 ; C07K 2/00 ; C07K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/900 ; A61K 3/910 ; C07K 2/00 ; C07K 7/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to lectin derived carbohydrate binding peptides or derivatives thereof useful for suppressing inflammatory responses, inducing tolerance to an antigen, and suppressing cell adhesion, e.g., involved in metastasis. In particular, peptides capable of binding terminally linked &agr;-sialic acid(2-6)&bgr;Gal- and/or &agr;-sialic acid(2-3)&bgr;Gal-groups on structures or molecules comprising such groups are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such lectin derived carbohydrate binding peptides are also disclosed.