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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Craig Bond, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Michael Powell, Douglassville, GA (US);
Ming Bo Huang, Atlanta, GA (US);
Syed Ali, Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrea D. Raymond, Atlanta, GA (US);
Martin Neville Shelton, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Francois Jean Villinger, Decatur, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61P 31/12 (2006.01); A61P 31/18 (2006.01); A61P 35/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/21 (2006.01); C12N 5/22 (2006.01); C07K 7/06 (2006.01); C07K 7/08 (2006.01); C07K 14/005 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 7/08 (2013.01); C07K 7/06 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); C12N 2740/16322 (2013.01); C07K 14/005 (2013.01); C12N 2740/16033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel peptides that inhibit the release of microparticles from cells are disclosed. The peptide contains at least one VGFPV motif at the N-terminal and has a length of 10-100 amino acids. Also disclosed is polynucleotide encoding the peptide, expression vectors carrying the polynucleotide, and methods for treating AIDS and tumors using the novel peptides.