Patent ID: 7754690
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: A61K,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 18 and about 40 amino acids, wherein said peptide comprises the sequence D-Pro-D-Ala-D-Cys-D-Leu-D-Lys-D-Glu-D-Val-D-Asn-D-Asn-D-Pro-D-Phe-D-Pro-D-Glu-Gly-D-Gln-D-Ala-D-Thr-D-Tyr and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.