Patent ID: 7314864

Claim:
An isolated polypeptide that suppresses neuronal death associated with Alzheimer's disease having an amino acid sequence of Formula (I): Pro-Xn 1 -(Cys/bXaa)-(Leu/Arg)-Xn 2 -Leu-Thr-(Gly/Ser)-Xn 3 -Pro (I) (SEQ ID NO: 63) wherein “Cys/bXaa” indicates Cys or a basic amino acid; “(Leu/Arg)” indicates Leu or Arg; “(Gly/Ser)” indicates Gly or Ser; and Xn 1 , Xn 2 , and Xn 3 independently indicate arbitrary amino acid sequences not more than 10 residues in length, respectively.