Provided are cyclic peptidomimetics that can, e.g., antagonize the extracellular domain of EGFR, and methods of use thereof.

The invention provides peptides and analogs of INGAP and HIP peptides. The peptides and analogs can be used in methods for treating various diseases and conditions. Such diseases and conditions can include impaired pancreatic function, treating a metabolic disease, for example, diabetes, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, islets induction, expansion and proliferation for trans plantation, promoting neuroprotection or nerve regeneration, promoting liver regeneration or inhibiting inflammation.

The invention provides peptides and analogs of INGAP and HIP peptides. The peptides and analogs can be used in methods for treating various diseases and conditions. Such diseases and conditions can include impaired pancreatic function, treating a metabolic disease, for example, diabetes, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, islets induction, expansion and proliferation for trans plantation, promoting neuroprotection or nerve regeneration, promoting liver regeneration or inhibiting inflammation.

A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC. A method of treating a patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC.

A method of treating a patient who has hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), colorectal carcinoma (CRC), glioblastoma (GB), gastric cancer (GC), esophageal cancer, NSCLC, pancreatic cancer (PC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), prostate cancer (PCA), ovarian cancer (OC), melanoma, breast cancer (BRCA), CLL, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), SCLC, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), AML, gallbladder cancer and cholangiocarcinoma (GBC, CCC), urinary bladder cancer (UBC), and uterine cancer (UEC) includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC. A method of treating a patient who has HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the HCC, CRC, GB, GC, esophageal cancer, NSCLC, PC, RCC, BPH, PCA, OC, melanoma, BRCA, CLL, MCC, SCLC, NHL, AML, GBC, CCC, UBC, and/or UEC.

The present invention concerns a compound of following formula (I): where: —R.sub.1 is H or OH, —R.sub.2 is a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl, COOH, COO—((C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl) or thiazolyl group, —R.sub.3 is H or a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl group, and —R.sub.4 is: .square-solid.a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms substituted by one or more groups chosen from among OH and NR.sub.5R.sub.6, .square-solid.—(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.1)(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.2).sub.a2(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.3).sub.a3(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.4).sub.a4(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.5).sub.a5R.sub.7, .square-solid.an aryl-(C.sub.1-C.sub.8)alkyl group substituted by one or more groups chosen from among OH and NR.sub.9R.sub.10 groups, or .square-solid.a heterocycle-(C.sub.1-C.sub.8)alkyl group optionally substituted by one or more groups chosen from among (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl, OH and NR.sub.12R.sub.13 groups, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof, and its uses in particular for the treatment of cancer, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and the preparation methods thereof.

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The present invention concerns a compound of following formula (I): where: —R.sub.1 is H or OH, —R.sub.2 is a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl, COOH, COO—((C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl) or thiazolyl group, —R.sub.3 is H or a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl group, and —R.sub.4 is: .square-solid.a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms substituted by one or more groups chosen from among OH and NR.sub.5R.sub.6, .square-solid.—(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.1)(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.2).sub.a2(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.3).sub.a3(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.4).sub.a4(CH.sub.2CH.sub.2X.sub.5).sub.a5R.sub.7, .square-solid.an aryl-(C.sub.1-C.sub.8)alkyl group substituted by one or more groups chosen from among OH and NR.sub.9R.sub.10 groups, or .square-solid.a heterocycle-(C.sub.1-C.sub.8)alkyl group optionally substituted by one or more groups chosen from among (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl, OH and NR.sub.12R.sub.13 groups, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof, and its uses in particular for the treatment of cancer, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and the preparation methods thereof.

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There is provided a range of novel disulfide bond containing compounds. These disulfide bond containing compounds can be used in a variety of applications such as solid phase peptide synthesis, solid phase organic synthesis, formation of dendrimers, formation of macromolecules and formation cyclic peptides; and as a component of a delivery vehicle with a bioactive molecule.

A method of macrocyclization of peptidomimetics is described which comprises substitution of one or more of the backbone amide C═O bonds with a turn-inducing motif. The method is general with enhancements seen across a range of ring sizes (e.g. tri-, tetra-, penta- and hexapeptides). Specifically, a peptidomimetic macrocycle is described comprising a carbonyl bioisosteric turn-inducing element having the structure: ##STR00001## wherein X is a heteroatom; and wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 are each independently selected from alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and H.

The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.