Inventors:
David A. Potter - Brighton MA
Paul Skolnik - Sharon MA
Assignee:
New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc. - Boston MA
International Classification:
A61K 3802, A61K 3855, C07K 1481
Abstract:
Fusion proteins have been discovered that contain a calpastatin peptide and a signal sequence capable of delivering the fusion protein into a cell. These proteins can be used to inhibit calpain and, more specifically, to inhibit platelet aggregation or degranulation, to inhibit or reverse erythrocyte sickling, to inhibit a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or to inhibit unwanted cellular proliferation or migration.