METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DOMINANT OPTIC ATROPHY

    公开(公告)号:US20210401925A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17233134

    申请日:2021-04-16

    发明人: D. Travis Wilson

    IPC分类号: A61K38/07 A61K45/06 A61K31/00

    摘要: The disclosure generally describes methods of preventing or treating dominant optic atrophy. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof. The present technology relates generally to the treatment or prevention of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) or dominant optic atrophy (DOA) in mammals through administration of therapeutically effective amounts of aromatic-cationic peptides to subjects in need thereof. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method of treating or preventing dominant optic atrophy in a mammalian subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide.