Peptides and their use to ameliorate cell death

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of reducing cell death in a warm-blood animal wherein said cell death associated with a neurodegenerative disorder, an immune disease, a neoplastic disorder, an inflammatory disorder, or a viral disease. The method comprises administering to said animal a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide comprising amino acid sequence: Ser-Val-Asp-Val-Glu-Tyr.