CPC C07K 5/10 (2013.01) [C07K 5/0806 (2013.01); C07K 7/06 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method of treating inflammation in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of one or more peptides which inhibit the activity of NF KB selected from the group consisting of peptides of six to eight amino acid residues in length, wherein the peptide comprises the sequence:
Xxx-Ala-Pro-D-Glu (CORE SEQUENCE (2)),
where Xxx is selected from the group consisting of Cys, Trp, 5-methyl-Trp, allo-Ile, β-styryl-Ala, naphthyl-Ala, diphenyl-Ala, α-aminobutyric acid, α-aminocaproic acid, norleucine, α-amino-2-phenylbutyric acid, α-Amino-1-naphthalenepropanoic acid, β-cyclohexyl-Ala, dehydroalanine, and β-tert-butyl-Ala.
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