Patent ID: 7754688
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K

Abstract:
1. A method for promoting neurite outgrowth or myelination in a mammal in need thereof comprising the step of administering to said mammal an effective, neurite outgrowth or myelination-facilitating amount of a composition comprising isolated retro-inverso peptide having between 15 and about 40 amino acids, wherein said peptide comprises the sequence D-Glu-D-Ala-D-Met-D-Lys-D-Pro-D-Leu-D-Asn-D-Leu-D-Asn-D-Asn-D-Glu-D-Ala-D-Leu-D-Ala-D-Glu and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.