HYDROPHILIC POLYMER-CONJUGATED LIPIDS FOR PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS

摘要

The present invention provides a method of correcting peptide or protein misfolding, which can be used to treat peptide and protein disorder in a mammalian subject. The method comprises administering to the mammalian subject, preferably a human subject, an effective amount of a composition comprising sterically stabilized simple micelles (SSM) of a hydrophilic polymer-conjugated lipid or sterically stabilized mixed micelles (SSMM) of a hydrophilic polymer-conjugated lipid and a water-insoluble lipid. The composition may further comprise a biologically active compound, such as but not limited to vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), associated with the SSM or SSMM.