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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Modulation of cartilage homeostasis by active domains of cell binding extracellular matrix molecules
Applicants:
Dick Heinegard, Lund, SE;
Lisbet Agneta Camper, Bjared, SE;
Inventors:
Dick Heinegard, Lund, SE;
Lisbet Agneta Camper, Bjared, SE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01); A61P 19/00 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A linear or cyclic peptide and the use of said peptide in medicine and especially in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a disease associated with inflammatory mediated cartilage destruction. The minimal core sequence of the linear or cyclic peptide is WLEAK (SEQ ID No. 1). Alternatives are WLEAR (SEQ ID NO. 17) and WLDAK (SEQ ID No. 18).