The present invention relates, inter alia, to certain hepcidin peptide analogs, including peptides and dimers thereof, and to the use of the peptides and peptide dimers in the treatment and/or prevention of a variety of diseases, conditions or disorders, including treatment and/or prevention of iron overload diseases, which include hereditary hemochromatosis and iron-loading anemias, and other conditions and disorders described herein.

The present invention relates to novel peptides, composition comprising such peptides including nutritional supplements and methods for inducing satiation and satiety, for weight management and preventing or reducing the incidence of obesity, or for preventing or reducing cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, hypertension, hepatosteatosis, cancer and/or diabetes.

Recombinant proteins that comprise a bone morphogenic protein 2 backbone onto which was grafted a Müllerian-inhibiting substance type II receptor binding region of the Müllerian-inhibiting substance protein are provided. These proteins bind to this receptor on the surface of epithelial cancer cells, and induce apoptosis of such cells. These proteins are useful, for example, in the treatment of cancers such as ovarian, uterine, endometrial, fallopian tube, breast, prostate, and lung cancers.

Recombinant proteins that comprise a bone morphogenic protein 2 backbone onto which was grafted a Müllerian-inhibiting substance type II receptor binding region of the Müllerian-inhibiting substance protein are provided. These proteins bind to this receptor on the surface of epithelial cancer cells, and induce apoptosis of such cells. These proteins are useful, for example, in the treatment of cancers such as ovarian, uterine, endometrial, fallopian tube, breast, prostate, and lung cancers.

The invention relates to an ANGPTL4 polypeptide for use in the preservation of vascular endothelial cell barrier integrity and reduction in no-reflow phenomenon with myocardial infarction.

The invention relates to an ANGPTL4 polypeptide for use in the preservation of vascular endothelial cell barrier integrity and reduction in no-reflow phenomenon with myocardial infarction.

The invention relates to PYY compounds with the amino acid modifications 7Lys, 30Trp, and 31Leu, and in addition to these, 22Ile and/or 28Tyr, and derivatives thereof. The compounds of the invention are selective Y2 receptor agonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such PYY compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, as well as the medical use of the PYY compounds.

The present invention provides novel hepcidin analogues, and related methods of using these hepcidin analogues to treat or prevent a variety of diseases and disorders, including iron overload diseases such as hereditary hemochromatosis, iron-loading anemias, and other conditions and disorders described herein.

The present invention provides novel hepcidin analogues, and related methods of using these hepcidin analogues to treat or prevent a variety of diseases and disorders, including iron overload diseases such as hereditary hemochromatosis, iron-loading anemias, and other conditions and disorders described herein.

The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising a first peptide linked to a second peptide, optionally via a linker molecule, which first peptide comprises an appetite regulating hormone peptide, e.g. glucagon like peptide 1 (GLP-1), such as amino acids 7-37 of the initial GLP-1 product (1-37), and a Neurotensin (NT) like peptide, targeting both the GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) and NT receptors (NTR1-3) and display an increased effect on decrease of appetite and food intake and body weight compared to simultaneous administration of both peptides.