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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Paul O. Zamora, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Louis A. Pena, Poquott, NY (US);
Xinhua Lin, Plainview, NY (US);
Kazuyuki Takahashi, Germantown, MD (US);
Paul O. Zamora, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Louis A. Pena, Poquott, NY (US);
Xinhua Lin, Plainview, NY (US);
Kazuyuki Takahashi, Germantown, MD (US);
BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc., College Park, MD (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, Upton, NY (US);
Abstract
Compounds of the present invention of formula I and formula II are disclosed in the specification and wherein the compounds are modulators of Bone Morphogenic Protein activity. Compounds are synthetic peptides having a non-growth factor heparin binding region, a linker, and sequences that bind specifically to a receptor for Bone Morphogenic Protein. Uses of compounds of the present invention in the treatment of bone lesions, degenerative joint disease and to enhance bone formation are disclosed.