Patent ID: 7919456

Claim:
A composition for treating or preventing arthritis or other degenerative disease, said composition comprising one or more polypeptides having at least 80% amino acid identity to SEQ ID NO: 14 and having an amino acid length of less than 250 amino acids in combination with a physiological acceptable carrier, wherein the polypeptide comprises one or more polypeptide fragments selected from: (a) KSVSFSYKG (SEQ ID NO: 2); (b) KIMIGVERS (SEQ ID NO: 3); (c) RIESLPIKPRG (SEQ ID NO: 5); (d) KHWSIWQIQDSSGKE (SEQ ID NO: 6); (e) RIGQDDLPGFDLISQFQIDKA (SEQ ID NO: 7); (f) RHLYPNGLPEEYSFLTTFRM (SEQ ID NO: 8); (g) KGLDGSLQTAAFSNLPSLFDSQWHKI (SEQ ID NO: 9); (h) RSSATLFVDCNRI [SEQ ID NO: 11]; and (i) KLGNNVDFRI (SEQ ID NO: 4).