Patent ID: 8748394

Claim:
A composition comprising: an apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) synthetic mimetic peptide in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, wherein the Apo A-I synthetic mimetic peptide is selected from the group consisting of: (i) An 18 amino acid peptide, (SEQ ID NO: 1) DWFKAFYDKVAEKFKEAF; (ii) An 18 amino acid peptide, (SEQ ID NO: 2) DWLKAFYDKVAEKLKEAF; (iii) A 34 amino acid peptide, (SEQ ID NO: 3) PALEDLRQGLLPVLESFKVFLSALEEYTKKLNTQ; (SEQ ID NO: 4) (iv) Ac-DWFKAFYDKVAEKFKEAF-NH 2 ; and (SEQ ID NO: 5) (v) Ac-PALEDLRQGLLPVLESFKVFLSALEEYTKKLNTQ-NH 2 , and a carrier coated with an agent to hydrophilically modify the carrier, wherein the agent is poly(ethylene glycol) or dextran.