Patent ID: 8618046

Claim:
A method for treating at least one of atherosclerosis, and atherosclerosis sequelae, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a medicament comprising a compound, wherein the compound comprises the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO. 42) FX 8 (F) o PX 9 HX 10 X 11 X 12 DX 2 X 3 X 4 X 5 X 6 X 7 , wherein X 8 is selected from the group consisting of G, A, F, Y and K, X 9 is selected from the group consisting of E, Y, A, Q, K and S, X 10 is selected from the group consisting of H, V, L, F and I, X 11 is selected from the group consisting of L, W, S, I, F and Y, X 12 is V, T, F or I, X 5 is S or Y, X 6 is L, A or I, X 7 is S, N or T, o is 0 or 1 X 2 is an amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of F, W, and Q, X 3 is L or S, and X 4 is Q or H, wherein the compound does not comprise a 4 to 16 mer polypeptide sequence of the cholesterol ester transport protein (CETP) or a CETP epitope.