发明名称 |
DETOXIFICATION DEPOT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
摘要 |
The invention is directed to a device that is placed inside an Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient for the purpose of extracting and accumulating neurotoxic beta-amyloid peptides (nt-bAP) from body fluids. AD is the consequence of a process in which nt-bAP aggregates to form fibrils and plaques which can cause nerve damage. Since nt-bAP can cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the concentration in the central nervous system and in the periphery are in equilibrium. By sequestering nt-bAP, our device will act as a "sink." It should draw nt-bAP across the BBB, reducing the concentration of soluble nt- bAP in the brain, thereby halting or slowing plaque deposition in the brain. Since plaques and possibly soluble, aggregated nt-bAP are the cause of nerve damage in AD, this process should be therapeutically effective. The device can be a depot containing a fragment of nt-bAP which intrinsically retains the ability to bind but not to be toxic.
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申请公布号 |
WO2007047967(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2007.11.29 |
申请号 |
WO2006US41110 |
申请日期 |
2006.10.20 |
申请人 |
SENICURE, LLC;STEIN, STANLEY;SUNDARAM, PAZHANI;KASINATHAN, CHINNASWAMY |
发明人 |
STEIN, STANLEY;SUNDARAM, PAZHANI;KASINATHAN, CHINNASWAMY |
分类号 |
A61K39/395 |
主分类号 |
A61K39/395 |
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