Cephalon, Inc.

Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Kyowa Hakko Kogyo

Nicola T Neff

Michael E Lewis

James C Kauer

Chikara Murakata

Marcie A Glicksman

Hiromitsu Saito

Yuzuru Matsuda

Jill M Roberts-Lewis

Mohamed A Iqbal

Fumihiko Kanai

Masami Kaneko

Kathleen V Callison

Kevin R Smith

Frank Baldino, Jr

David P Rotella

Robert L Hudkins

Donna Bozyczko-Coyne

Disclosed is a method for promoting retinal neuronal survival in a mammal, wherein the neuronal cells are at risk of dying. The method comprises administering to the mammal an effective dose of at least one of the following substances: IGF-I; a functional derivative of IGF-I; IGF-II; or a functional derivative of IGF-II.

Treating retinal neuronal disorders by the application of insulin-like growth factors and analogs

A method of enhancing the survival of neuronal cells in a mammal, the cells being at risk of dying, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of one of the following substances: IGF-I; a functional derivative of IGF-I; IGF-II; a functional derivative of IGF-II; IGF-III; or a functional derivative of IGF-III.

Treating disorders by application of insulin-like growth factors and

The invention features novel derivatives of K-252a, as well as novel bis-N-substituted derivatives of staurosporine. The invention also features a method for treating diseased neuronal cells involving the administration of either the novel staurosporine derivatives or specified functional derivatives of K-252a.

Protein kinase inhibitors for treatment of neurological disorders

Protein kinase inhibitors for treatmen of neurological disorders

A method of enhancing the survival of neuronal cells in a mammal, the cells being at risk of dying, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of at least one of the following substances: IGF-I; a functional derivative of IGF-I; IGF-II; a functional derivative of IGF-II; IGF-III; or a functional derivative of IGF-III.

A method of enhancing the survival of neuronal cells in a mammal, the cells being at risk of dying, the method including the step of administering to the mammal one of the following substances: IGF-I; a functional derivative of IGF-I; IGF-II; a functional derivative of IGF-II; IGF-III; or a functional derivative of IGF-III.

K-252a derivatives for treatment of neurological disorders

Disclosed are derivatives of the indolocarbazole alkaloid K-252a of the Formulae I-VI, useful for enhancing neurotrophin-induced activity of neurotrophin responsive cells. A particularly preferred neurotrophin is NT-3, and a particularly preferred neurotrophin responsive cell is one which comprises a trk receptor. The enhanced neurotrophin-induced activity occasioned by the disclosed K-252a derivatives may be determined by the following assays: ChAT activity; DRG neuronal survival; or cell division (mitogenesis).

K-252 derivatives which enhance neurotrophin-induced activity

Functional K-252a derivatives are used to enhance trk phosphorylation and to potentiate the activity of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3). These compounds can be used to treat neurological disorders, alone or in combination with NT-3.

K-252a functional derivatives potentiate neurotrophin-3 for the

The invention features novel derivatives of K-252a, as well as novel bis-N-substituted derivatives of staurosporine. Also, a method for treating diseased neuronal cells involving the administration of either the novel staurosporine derivatives or specified functional derivatives of K-252a.

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Nicola T Neff