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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Mie University, Tsu, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiyuki Shibata, Tsu, JP;
Hideo Miyake, Tsu, JP;
Reiji Tanaka, Tsu, JP;
Fumino Okuda, Tsu, JP;
Mano Hasegawa, Tsu, JP;
Assignee:
MIE UNIVERSITY, Tsu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/7004 (2006.01); A61K 31/047 (2006.01); A61K 38/18 (2006.01); A61P 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/047 (2013.01); A61K 38/185 (2013.01); A61P 25/28 (2018.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a patient in need thereof includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose uronic acid (DEH) to serve or function as a nerve growth factor (NGF) activity promoter, preferably to treat and/or prevent a neurodegenerative disease, such as PolyQ disease, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, spinocerebellar degeneration, spastic paraplegia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies or corticobasal degeneration.