Patent ID: 8729020
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of therapeutic treatment of aortic fibrosis in a human subject, the method comprising administering to a human subject having aortic fibrosis a composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) (SEQ ID NO:1) or one or more functional VIP fragments selected from SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:15, or SEQ ID NO:16.