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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Amir Tamiz, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Inventor:
Amir Tamiz, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Alba Therapeutics Corporation, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 36/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides novel peptides that inhibit and/or reduce the opening of mammalian tight junctions, i.e. peptide tight junction antagonists. The present invention also provides methods for the treatment of excessive or undesirable permeability of a tissue by administering to a subject suffering from such a condition a composition comprising a peptide tight junction antagonist of the invention.