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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michiko Fukuda, San Diego, CA (US);
Minoru Fukuda, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 5/00 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07K 1/00 ; C07K 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 5/00 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07K 1/00 ; C07K 1/700 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention, there are provided peptides that bind to a member of the mammalian selectin family and inhibit the binding of a carbohydrate to the selectin. Invention peptides are useful to inhibit of the adhesion of cells containing particular cell-surface carbohydrates to cells containing cell-surface selecting. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising invention peptides useful in methods for inhibiting a carbohydrate from binding to a selectin, and in methods of inhibiting tumor cell metastasis in a subject.