Abstract: A composition which can bind heparin and promote cellular adhesion and neurite outgrowth is provided which consists essentially of a polypeptide of the formula:tyr-glu-lys-pro-gly-ser-pro-pro-arg-glu-val-val- pro-arg-pro-arg-pro-gly-val,lys-asn-asn-gln-lys-ser-glu-pro-leu-ile-gly-arg- lys-lys-thr-asp-glu-leu, or mixtures thereof.Medical devices such as prosthetic implants, percutaneous devices and cell culture substrates coated with the polypeptide composition are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating an aqueous-deficient dry eye state in a patient suffering therefrom, which method includes the step of administering cyclosporin topically to the patient's eye. The cyclosporin is administered as a solution, suspension or ointment in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Abstract: Di(D-tryptophyl and/or tetrahydropyridoindolylcarbonyl)-containing peptide amides useful as Substance P agonists and/or antagonists and as antihypertensives and/or analgesics and a process for preparing them are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel polypeptide compounds which promote the release and elevation of growth hormone levels in the blood of animals. Also disclosed are methods of promoting the release and elevation of growth hormone levels in the blood of animals using the disclosed polypeptide compounds.

Abstract: Preparation containing hexatriacontapeptides suitable for intravenous administration to human or other animal subjects are disclosed. such compositions are effective in treating life-threatening hypotension as encountered in bacteremic, anaphylactic or cardiogenic shock.

Abstract: Peptides of the formula: ##STR1## which comprise novel elements replacing the Phe(8)-His(9) sequence in renin-inhibitory peptides based on substrate analogy, which inhibit the substrate-cleaving action of renin and have improved bioavailability; compositions containing these renin-inhibitory peptides, optionally with other antihypertensive agents; and methods of treating hypertension or congestive heart failure or of establishing renin as a causative factor in these problems which employ the novel peptides.

Abstract: This invention provides an insulin formulation stabilized against aggregation containing a hydroxybenzene and a polyethylene glycol-polypropylene glycol polymer of the formula ##STR1## having an average molecular weight of about 8350 and in which the average number of ethyleneoxy units per molecule, designated by the sum of a and c, is about 150, and the average number of propyleneoxy units per molecule, designated as b, is about 30.

Abstract: The invention relates to renin inhibiting compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is hydrogen; loweralkyl; aryalkyl; OR.sub.8 or SR.sub.8 wherein R.sub.8 is hydrogen, loweralkyl or aminoalkyl; NR.sub.9 R.sub.10 wherein R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 are independently selected from hydrogen, loweralkyl, aminoalkyl, cyanoalkyl and hydroxyalkyl; ##STR2## wherein B is NH, alkylamino, S, O, CH.sub.2 or CHOH and R.sub.11 is loweralkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, hydroxyalkoxy, dihydroxyalkoxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkoxyalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, (hydroxyalkyl)(alkyl)amino, (dihydroxyalkyl)(alkyl)amino, carboxylic acid-substituted alkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, aminoalkyl, N-protected aminoalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, (N-protected)-(alkyl)aminoalkyl, (heterocyclic)alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic; R.sub.1 is loweralkyl, cycloalkylmethyl, benzyl, .alpha.-methylbenzyl, .alpha.,.alpha.

Abstract: Molecular structures of .beta.-adrenergic antagonists are modified to produce biologically active compounds. The .beta.-antagonists are modified to form molecules of the general structure: ##STR1## wherein R is most generally R"--OCH.sub.2 --, and in some instances is R"--, and R"=an aryl or substituted aryl moiety; R'=--H, --CH.sub.3, or a short chain alkyl moiety; and Y=--OH, or more usually, --OAX or --NHAX, where A=an alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl moiety, and X=a terminal grouping, such as --CH.sub.3, --CF.sub.3 or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOH; or AX may be a carrier moiety consisting of a defined peptide or protein.

Abstract: The peptides of the formulaX--Tyr--X.sup.2 --Gly--Phe(4NO.sub.2)--Pro--NH.sub.2wherein X is hydrogen or an amidino group and X.sup.2 is D-S-methylmethionyl or D-arginyl, together with their pharmacologically acceptable salts, which have been described as exhibiting analgesic, antidiarrhoeal and antitussive activity, are effective in reversing neuronally-mediated bronchoconstriction in mammals. The said compounds have application in the palliation of conditions characterized by such a state, in particular asthma in human beings.

Abstract: A composition containing a tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) which comprises a partial hydrolyzate of gelatin cross-linked to a diisocyanate as an essential ingredient; or alternatively a partial hydrolyzate of gelatin cross-linked to a diisocyanate and one or more of a basic amino acid or salt thereof. The composition enhances the solubility of the tPA in water, thereby making the tPA further available in the treatment of circulatory diseases caused by thrombi.

Abstract: Somatostatin derivatives of general Formula I ##STR1## wherein at least one of the residues X represents a moiety, bound to the free amino group of alanine or lysine, of Formula II ##STR2## with R meaning an alkyl group containing 7-23 carbon atoms, and the residues X which may remain mean hydrogen atoms, are pharmacologically active compounds.

Abstract: Production of human relaxin or novel human relaxin analogs by combination of a human relaxin A-chain and B-chain comprises combining the reduced form of the human relaxin A-chain and the reduced form of the human relaxin B-chain in an aqueous medium having a pH of about 7.0 to 12 at room temperature, under conditions that are mildly denaturing for the relaxin B-chain such that the human relaxin or novel human relaxin analog can be formed.

Abstract: A method of linking primary aromatic amine- or nitro-compounds to carrier proteins by photochemical reactions in order to produce antibodies against the haptens.

Abstract: Novel biologically active vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) analogues are provided.

Abstract: The antagonistic effect of the releasing hormone of LH and FSH or of one of its synthetic analogues selected from the group(pyro) Glu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-D-Trp-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH.sub.2(pyro) Glu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-D-Phe-Leu-Arg-Pro-Gly-NH.sub.2and(pyro) Glu-His-Trp-D-Ser-Tyr-D-Leu-Leu-Arg-Pro-NHR.sup.1(R.sup.1 being an alkyl group). On hormone-dependent diseases can be increased by coating such compounds by micro-encapsulation or by matrix formation with a copolymer of a lactide and a glycolide. The initial stimulating effect of the above-mentioned compounds is increased by this coating, with about 23 to 50% of the active principle of the analog being released within about 1-5 days after injection to a human, with the remainder released over a period of between about 3 weeks and two months.

Abstract: A unique class of tissue kallikrein inhibitors is provided which are specific for tissue kallikreins and do not substantially cross-react with plasma kallikreins or other serine proteases in-vivo. These inhibitors are substrate analogues of low molecular weight kininogens but are highly inhibitory, stable and resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis, and release non-toxic degradation products.

Abstract: A 16.7 kilodalton membrane protein which is produced in mature, but no early-stage, T cells has been discovered. The protein has four distinct amphipathic domains, each having an amino acid composition which is predictive of an alpha helical structure that would be stable in a lipid bilayer. Each of these regions is flanked by a relatively polar domain whose amino acid sequence is predictive of .beta. pleat peptide regions. An antibody specific against one of the polar domains can be used to discriminate mature T-cells in a mixed-cell sample.

Abstract: The peptides of the formula ##STR1## together with their pharmacologically acceptable salts, which have been described as exhibiting analgesic, antidiarrhoeal and antitussive activity, are effective in reversing neuronally-mediated bronchoconstriction in mammals. The said compounds have application in the palliation of conditions characterized by such a state, in particular asthma in human beings.

Abstract: The present invention provides synthetic peptides and fragments and analogs thereof complementary to growth hormone releasing hormone, and antibodies raised against such peptides. The present invention also includes methods of using such peptides and antibodies.