Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein delation analogs
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- XOMA TECH LTD
- Publication Date
- 2001-09-12
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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Background of the invention
[0001] The present invention provides novel formulations of biologically active bactericidal / permeability-increasing protein (BPI) deletion analogs and pharmaceutical compositions containing these formulations, wherein the novel analogs are characterized by better stability and uniformity and enhanced in vivo activity.
[0002] BPI is a protein isolated from granules of mammalian blood cells called polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs, or neutrophils) that are critical to defending against invading microbes. BPI is known to bind lipopolysaccharide, a major component of the outer membrane protein of Gram-negative bacteria that stimulates a robust immune response that can lead to septic shock. Human BPI by acid extraction combined with ion-exchange chromatography [Elsbach, J. Biochem., 254:11000 (1979)] or Escherichia coli [E.coli] affinity chromatography [Weiss et al., Blood, 69:652 (1987)] Proteins were isolated from PMNs. BPI obtained in this way ...