Inventors:
Jeffrey C. Webster - Jamestown NC, US
Gregory T. Bleck - Cross Plains WI, US
Madan Katragadda - Bedford MA, US
Manoj Rajadhyaksha - Colchester CT, US
Bernard N. Violand - Wildwood MO, US
Jo-Ann Wentland - Pawcatuck CT, US
Linda Marie Rothlein - Greensboro NC, US
International Classification:
C07K 14/705
C07K 16/00
US Classification:
4241341, 5303873, 536 234, 4353201, 435325, 435361, 435369, 435354, 435367, 435352, 435365, 435370, 435371
Abstract:
Disclosed are fusion proteins comprising a RAGE polypeptide, wherein the RAGE polypeptide comprises a fragment of a mammalian wild type RAGE peptide and at least one point mutation in the RAGE polypeptide portion of the fusion protein relative to the wild type RAGE peptide. The point mutation may remove and/or alter a glycosylation site or an enzyme cleavage site. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding such proteins as well as methods of using such proteins for treating RAGE-mediated pathologies.