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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Justin Ichida, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Shaoyu Lin, Monterey Park, CA (US);
Yichen Li, Oxford, GB;
Yingxiao Shi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/5377 (2006.01); A61P 25/28 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/5377 (2013.01); A61K 31/27 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61P 25/28 (2018.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of treating a subject who has a neurological disease. The neurological disease may be associated with altered C9ORF72 protein activity. In one aspect, the method includes a step of administering an effective dose of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need thereof, thereby rescuing the defects associated with altered C9ORF72 protein activity. Also described are methods for identifying a compound for inhibiting motor neuron degeneration.