Peptide for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a disease caused by a virus affecting the respiratory tract
AssigneeFundacióN Para El Fomento De La InvestitacióN Sanitaria Y BioméDica De La Comunitat Valenciana
InventorsAlejandro MIRA OBRADOR, Maria de los Desamparados FERRER GARCÍA, Paula CORELL ESCUIN, Francisco Javier LÓPEZ LABRADOR
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Abstract
Peptides and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are described for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease caused by a virus affecting the respiratory tract, and in particular by an influenza virus or a coronavirus, among others. Additionally, a method and a kit for determining in vitro the resistance of an individual to being infected by a virus affecting the respiratory tract by determining the level of said peptides in the saliva of said individual is described.
Claims23
A method of preventing and/or treating a disease caused by a virus affecting the respiratory tract, said method comprising administering an effective amount of a peptide comprising a sequence SEQ ID NO :
- 1, or a derivative thereof, to a subject in need thereof .
The method according to claim 3, wherein said derivative of the peptide of SEQ ID NO:
- 1 is a peptide comprising a sequence SEQ ID NO:
- 19.
A method of preventing and/or treating a disease caused by a virus affecting the respiratory tract, said method comprising administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need thereof, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises at least one peptide comprising a sequence SEQ ID NO:
- 1, or a derivative thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier, .
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