Abstract: The invention relates a compound comprising (a) a peptide and (b) a carrier, wherein said peptide having at least the motif X-X-X-X-X-X-X, wherein at least one amino acid residue X is glycosylated, said peptide being linked to the peptide binding protein and said carrier comprises at least a MHC binding motif being linked to said peptide as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compound and the use of said compound or pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a disease, such as an inflammatory joint disease. The subject matter of the application is exemplified with peptides derived from type II collagen such as peptides having at least the sequence AGFKGEA, or IAGFKGEQPKG, or the peptide AAAKAAA. Preferably a hydroxylysine in the peptides are glycosylated.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 15, 2006
Publication date:
September 10, 2009
Applicants:
Ahlstrom Corporation, Centre NAtional De La Recherche Scientifique, Univertise Claude Bernard
Inventors:
Rikard Holmdahl, Jan Kihlberg, Balik Dzhambazov, Mikael Vestberg