374 results about "Tau protein" patented technology

The present invention relates to methods of treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering a tau protein, its immunogenic epitopes, or antibodies recognizing the tau protein or its immunogenic epitopes under conditions effective to treat or prevent Alzheimer's Disease of other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of aggregates from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tangle-related behavioral phenotype in a subject.

Novel indolocarbazole derivatives potentially useful for the treatment of dementias characterized by tau hyperphosphorylation [Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontal lobe degeneration (FLD), argyrophilic grains disease, subacute sclerotising panencephalitis (SSPE) as a late complication of viral infections in the CNS], and cancer.

The present invention provides compounds, or salts or solvates thereof, which can be used as probes for the imaging diagnosis of diseases in which tau protein accumulates, and compositions and kits comprising such compounds, or salts or solvates thereof. The present invention also provides a method for staining neurofibrillary tangles in brain samples, and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and / or prophylaxis of a disease in which β-sheet structure is the cause or possible cause.

The invention relates to translation enhancer elements that enhance translation of the gene encoding the human microtubule-associated tau protein and nucleic acid molecules that enhance translation of the gene encoding the human α-synuclein protein. The translation enhancer elements of the invention are useful in compositions and methods for identifying compounds for the prevention and / or treatment of neurodegenerative disease. The invention also includes in some aspects, vectors that include a translation enhancer element of the invention. The invention also includes the use of enhancer element containing vectors in methods to produce recombinant protein and in assays to identify compounds that modulate expression of tau protein or α-synuclein protein.

The present invention relates to the development of a pharmacological non-human animal model that associates memory loss to histopathological features found in the brain of a subject having Alzheimer's Disease. In one embodiment, a four-week continuous infusion of a Fe2+, Aβ42 and buthionine sulfoximine (FAB) solution in the left ventricle of young adult Long-Evans rats induced memory impairment accompanied by increased hyperphosphorylated Tau protein levels in cerebrospinal fluid. Brains from treated animals displayed neuritic plaques, tangles, neuronal loss, astrogliosis and microgliosis in hippocampus and cortex. The present invention may be utilized in evaluating preventive, therapeutic and diagnostic means for neurologic diseases.

The present invention provides an antibody which specifically recognizes a CNS tau protein but not a peripheral tau protein. More specifically, the present invention provides an antibody obtainable by using a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of a connective portion between the amino acid sequence encoded by Exon 4 of a gene encoding a tau protein and the amino acid sequence encoded by Exon 5 thereof as an epitope specific to the isoform of tau protein predominantly existing in central nervous tissues. The present invention further provides a method of detecting Alzheimer's disease and a reagent kit using the antibody.

The present invention relates to Tau protein relative polypeptide antigen and antibody. The specific polypeptide antigen of the present invention has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1, and corresponding polyclonal or monoclonal antibody may be obtained in available method. The antibody of the present invention may be prepared into kit for detecting and diagnosing senile dementia.

This invention concerns affinity tools for oligomeric forms of tau protein. It relates to the field of neurodegeneration, more particularly to the field of tau-related diseases and tauopathy. The invention provides novel tau antibodies and antibody fragments, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and antibody fragments, cell lines producing such antibodies and antibody fragments, antibody compositions, and kits for the detection of aggregated tau and for the diagnosis of diseases involving aggregated tau. The invention further provides methods for the detection of aggregated tau, for the diagnosis of diseases involving aggregated tau, and for the identification of compositions interfering with the formation and / or stability of tau aggregates.

The present disclosure relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of tau protein. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to bifunctional compounds, which contain onone end a VHL or cereblon ligand which binds to the E3 ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds tau protein, such that tau protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase toeffect degradation (and inhibition) of tau. The present disclosure exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with degradation / inhibition of tau protein. Diseases or disorders that result from aggregation or accumulation of tau protein are treated or prevented with compounds and compositions of the present disclosure.

Imaging agents of formulas (I)-(V) and methods for detecting neurological disorders comprising administering to a patient in need compounds of formulas (I)-(V) capable of binding to tau proteins and [beta]-amyloid peptides are presented herein. The invention also relates to methods of imaging A[beta] and tau aggregates comprising introducing a detectable quantity of pharmaceutical formulation comprising a radiolabeled compound of formulas (I)-(V) and detecting the labeled compound associated with amyloid deposits and / or tau proteins in a patient. These methods and compositions enable preclinical diagnosis and monitoring progression of AD and other neurological disorders. Formula (V) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and stereoisomers thereof, wherein: X25-X28 are each independently CH, CR11, or N; X29 is CH, N, O or S; X30 is CH, C, or N; X31-34 are each independently CH, CR12, CR13 or N; RII-RU are each independently H, halogen, hydroxy, nitro, cyano, ammo, alkyl, alkylaryl, alkylamino, alkylamine, arylamine, arylamino, alkoxy,- (O-CH2-CH2)n-, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryloxy, NRl0 COO alkyl, NRl0 COO aryl NR10 CO alkyl, NR10 CO aryl, COO alkyl, COO aryl, CO alkyl, CO aryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylamino, cycloalkylamine, bicyclic, saturated heterocycle and unsaturated heterocycle, wherein at least one carbon of R11-R13 is optionally replaced with N, Q, S, triazole, or halo, and, wherein at least one hydrogen is optionally replaced with halo, amine, amino, alkoxy, nitro, alkyl, alkenyL alkynyl, aryloxy, alkylaryl, alkylamino, alkylamine, NR 10COO alkyl, NR10 COO aryl, NR10 CO alkyl, NR10 CO aryl, COO alkyl, COO aryl, CO alkyl, CO aryl, aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylamino, cycloalkylamine, bicyclic saturated heterocycle and unsaturated heterocycle, a leaving group, CN, OH or a radioactive isotope.

The present invention discloses a transgenic fly that expresses the Italian mutant version of the human Aβ42 peptide of human amyloid-β precursor protein (APP), and a double transgenic fly that expresses both the Tau protein and the human Aβ42Italian peptide of human amyloid-β precursor protein (APP). The transgenic flies of the present invention provide for models of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. The invention further discloses methods for identifying genetic modifiers, as well as screening methods to identify therapeutic compounds to treat neurodegenerative disorders using the transgenic flies.

The application relates to an immoalditol compound for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, a prodrug thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or the prodrug The application also relates to the use of the immoalditol compound for treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc Such diseases and disorders include neurodegenerative diseases, tauopathy, cancers, and cardiac disorders