SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR AND MYOCARDIN CONTROL ALZHEIMER CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY
    2.
    发明公开
    SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR AND MYOCARDIN CONTROL ALZHEIMER CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY 审中-公开
    血清反应因子和MYOKARDIN控制阿尔茨海默氏HRIN淀粉样血管病

    公开(公告)号:EP1948198A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-30

    申请号:EP06844353.0

    申请日:2006-11-14

    IPC分类号: A61K31/70 C12Q1/68

    摘要: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is involved in Alzheimer dementia through reduction in arterial blood flow that may impair protein synthesis, which is required for learning and memory, and lower the threshold for ischemic injury. Elevated serum response factor (SRF) or myocardin (MYOCD) activity in subjects afflicted by or at risk for development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) promotes a 'vascular smooth muscle cell' (VSMC) hypercontractile phenotype in brain arteries and enhance accumulation of Aβ in the vessel wall. This, in turn, can initiate a disease process in cerebral arteries which can cause brain arterial hypoperfusion and neurovascular uncoupling, that are commonly seen in AD. Thus, SRF and MYOCD represent novel targets for treating arterial dysfunction associated with cognitive decline in AD.

    PROTEIN S PROTECTS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM FROM INJURY
    3.
    发明公开
    PROTEIN S PROTECTS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM FROM INJURY 有权
    蛋白S用作神经保护剂

    公开(公告)号:EP1572134A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-14

    申请号:EP03799306.0

    申请日:2003-09-30

    IPC分类号: A61K7/00

    摘要: Protein S is a significant neuroprotectant when administered after focal ischemic stroke and prevents hypoxic/re-oxygenation injury. Purified human plasma-derived or recombinant protein S improves motor neurological function after stroke, and reduced brain infarction and edema. Protein S also enhances post-ischemic reperfusion and reduced brain fibrin and neutrophil deposition. Cortical neurons are protected from hypoxia/re-oxygenation-induced apoptosis. Thus, protein S and variants thereof are prototypes of a class of agents for preventing injury of the nervous system. In particular, a disease or other pathological condition (e.g., stroke) may be treated with such agents having one or more protein S activities (e.g., anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory activities, direct cellular neuronal protective effects) although the latter activities are not be required.

    INHIBITING AMYLOID-BETA PEPTIDE/RAGE INTERACTION AT THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
    4.
    发明公开
    INHIBITING AMYLOID-BETA PEPTIDE/RAGE INTERACTION AT THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER 审中-公开
    抑制淀粉样-β-肽/ RAGE相互作用。在血液 - 脑屏障

    公开(公告)号:EP1993527A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-26

    申请号:EP07762687.7

    申请日:2007-01-26

    IPC分类号: A61K31/16

    CPC分类号: A61K31/166 A61K31/167

    摘要: Small molecules are used to inhibit specific receptor-ligand interaction between Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) and Receptor for Advanced GIy- cation Endproducts (RAGE). Objectives include treating Alzheimer's disease and other pathologies involving cerebral amyloid angiopathy; improving blood flow to or within the brain; decreasing the level of Aβ in the brain; reducing neuropathology associated with Alzheimer's disease; reducing inflammation and/or oxidant stress in the brain; improving memory and/or learning; treating other conditions involving Aβ/RAGE interaction at the blood-brain barrier, RAGE-mediated transport of Aβ into the brain, or RAGE activation in brain vasculature and/or brain parenchyma (e.g., diabetic complications); or any combination thereof.

    ROLE OF GAX IN ALZHEIMER NEUROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION
    5.
    发明公开
    ROLE OF GAX IN ALZHEIMER NEUROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION 审中-公开
    GAX的神经血管功能障碍阿尔茨海默病的作用

    公开(公告)号:EP1909574A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-16

    申请号:EP06800671.7

    申请日:2006-08-03

    CPC分类号: A61K48/005 A61K48/0075

    摘要: Neurovascular disorder critically contributes to the development and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Transcriptional profiling of human brain endothelial cells (BEC) defines a subset of age-independent genes significantly altered in AD including the homebox gene GAX whose expression controls vascular phenotype and is low in AD. By using viral-mediated GAX gene silencing and transfer, restoring GAX expression in AD BEC is angiogenic, transcriptionally suppresses the AFX1 forkhead transcription factor- mediated apoptosis, and increases the levels of a major amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) clearance receptor, the low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP- 1) at the blood-brain barrier. In a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, deletion of the Gax gene results in reductions in brain capillary density and the resting cerebral blood flow, loss of angiogenic brain response to hypoxia, and an impaired Aβ brain efflux caused by reduced LRP-1 levels. The link of GAX gene to AD neurovascular dysfunction provides new mechanistic and therapeutic insights into AD.

    PROTEIN S FOR USE AS A NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT
    8.
    发明授权
    PROTEIN S FOR USE AS A NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT 有权
    蛋白S用作神经保护剂

    公开(公告)号:EP1572134B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-28

    申请号:EP03799306.0

    申请日:2003-09-30

    IPC分类号: A61K38/17 A61P35/00

    摘要: Protein S is a significant neuroprotectant when administered after focal ischemic stroke and prevents hypoxic/re-oxygenation injury. Purified human plasma-derived or recombinant protein S improves motor neurological function after stroke, and reduced brain infarction and edema. Protein S also enhances post-ischemic reperfusion and reduced brain fibrin and neutrophil deposition. Cortical neurons are protected from hypoxia/re-oxygenation-induced apoptosis. Thus, protein S and variants thereof are prototypes of a class of agents for preventing injury of the nervous system. In particular, a disease or other pathological condition (e.g., stroke) may be treated with such agents having one or more protein S activities (e.g., anti-thrombotic and anti-inflammatory activities, direct cellular neuronal protective effects) although the latter activities are not be required.