Methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of amyloidosis are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one catabolic enzyme or a biologically active fragment thereof. Such methods and compositions may be employed to reduce, prevent, degrade and/or eliminate amyloid formation in the lysosome and/or extracellularly.

The present invention relates to a cathepsin inhibitor comprising or consisting of Formula (I) (X.sub.1)(X.sub.2)(X.sub.3)(X.sub.4)(Y)(X.sub.5)(X.sub.6)(X.sub.7) Formula (I) wherein (X.sub.1) is an amino acid selected from K, L, F and M; (X.sub.2) is an amino acid selected from L, A, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, M, N, S, W, Y, Q and R; (X.sub.3) is an amino acid selected from R, A and L; (X.sub.4) is an amino acid selected from M, I, K, V and Y; (X.sub.5) is an amino acid selected from P, A, I, L, V, W and Y; (X.sub.6) is an amino acid selected from K, A, E, F, G, I, L, M, N, Q, S, T, V, W, Y and Q; (X.sub.7) is an amino acid selected from D, A, E, F, G, I, L, M, N, P, T, V, W, Y, Q and R; and (Y) is a Michael acceptor.

The present disclose relates to anti-inflammatory proteins/peptides, their uses, methods of preparation and methods of their detection. In particular, the invention relates to major royal jelly proteins modified by methyglyoxal and fragments thereof from a Leptospermum derived honey and royal jelly.

Methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of amyloidosis are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one catabolic enzyme or a biologically active fragment thereof. Such methods and compositions may be employed to reduce, prevent, degrade and/or eliminate amyloid formation in the lysosome and/or extracellularly.

Anti-inflammatory proteins/peptides are described, as well as their uses, methods of preparation, and methods of their detection. Specifically described are major royal jelly proteins modified by methylglyoxal and fragments thereof from a Leptospermum derived honey and royal jelly.

The present invention relates to a compound for use in a method for the modulation of movement of extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by mesothelial cells forming the surface of an internal organ, towards a site of injury of said organ of a subject suffering from or being at a risk of an injury of said organ. Additionally, the present invention relates to a compound for use in a particular in vivo screening method for identifying a modulator of movement of extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by mesothelial cells towards a site of injury of an internal organ of a subject. Further, the present invention relates to a specific in vitro screening method for identifying a modulator of the movement of ECM towards an external stimulus in a single cell suspension derived from the mesothelium.

This method for producing a protein crystal includes: a step (a) for adding, to a protein synthesis system, a nucleic acid that encodes crystalline protein; and a step (b) for incubating the protein synthesis system during the predetermined time until the crystalline protein encoded by the added nucleic acid is expressed and the expressed crystalline protein completes the formation of crystals, wherein the protein synthesis system is a cell-free protein synthesis system.