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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2012
Jonathan D. Smith, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Stanley L. Hazen, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Jonathan D. Smith, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Stanley L. Hazen, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for the treatment of cardiovascular disease or disorder in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising the steps of administering an ApoA1 mimetic that is capable of promoting cholesterol efflux from lipid loaded cells in the subject, wherein the ApoA1 mimetic has an amino acid sequence that includes at least a portion of the amino acid sequence of ApoA1 or a mimetic of ApoA1 that contains at least one tryptophan, at least one tryptophan from the ApoA1 or mimetic of the ApoA1 being substituted with an oxidant resistant amino acid in the amino acid sequence of the ApoA1 mimetic.