Patent ID: 6989369
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: A61K,C07K

Abstract:
1. A polypeptide comprising (a) the following sequence: EAVREVCSEQAETGPCIAFFPRWYFDVTEGKCAPFFYGGCGGNRNNFDTE EYCMAVCGSA (SEQ ID NO:39), (b) a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:39 and inhibits human neutrophil elastase, (c) a sequence that is encoded by a nucleic acid that hybridizes under highly stringent conditions to a nucleic acid encoding SEQ ID NO:39 and inhibits human neutrophil elastase; or (d) a sequence that is a functional fragment of SEQ ID NO:39, inhibits human neutrophil elastase, and has a length of about 51 to 64 amino acids.