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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephan Ladisch, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 54 ; 424450 ; 536-41 ; 536 53 ; 536 55 ; 536 551 ; 536 552 ; 514 53 ; 514 61 ;
Abstract
A method for suppressing immune responses in animals by administering a mixture of gangliosides to the animal where the gangliosides have heterogeneous ceramide structures containing fatty acid portions with carbon chain lengths of 21-30 or less than 18 carbon atoms. Ganglioside mixtures which are homogeneous with respect to the fatty acid portion are also effective immunosuppressive agents when the carbon chain length of the fatty acid portion is less than 18. Compositions containing the above specified ganglioside mixtures are also disclosed.