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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
David H. Coy, New Orleans, LA (US);
Joseph A. Fuselier, New Orleans, LA (US);
William A. Murphy, Slidell, LA (US);
Lichun Sun, New Orleans, LA (US);
David H. Coy, New Orleans, LA (US);
Joseph A. Fuselier, New Orleans, LA (US);
William A. Murphy, Slidell, LA (US);
Lichun Sun, New Orleans, LA (US);
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, New Orleans, LA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are peptide agents and uses thereof that are analogs of biologically active peptides such as somatostatin and bombesin. The compounds of the invention have the general formula X-Y-Z-Q, where X is a cytotoxic agent, therapeutic agent, detectable label or chelating group, and Q is a biologically active peptide. In peptide agents of the invention Y is optionally a hydrophilic polymer or peptide, and Z is a linking peptide bonded to Q at the amino terminus of Q, having two, three, four, or five, amino acid residues selected to link X to Q, while retaining the biological activity of Q. Methods of using these peptide agents in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases are also disclosed.