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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1994
Scott W Rogers, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Lorise C Gahring, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Roy E Twyman, Sandy, UT (US);
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A peptide containing 24 amino acid residues that binds to anti-neuronal-glutamate-receptor autoantibodies associated with Rasmussen's encephalitis and that blocks activation of the GluR3 subunit is described. Methods of making the peptide and treating Rasmussen's encephalitis are also disclosed. Autoantibodies to other glutamate receptor subunits are associated with paraneoplastic neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and neurodegenerative disease of unknown diagnosis. Methods of screening patients and of monitoring patients being treated for these disorders and syndromes are further described.