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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiko Takashima, Machida, JP;
Toshimitsu Hoshino, Machida, JP;
Kazutomo Imahori, Tokyo-To, JP;
Ken-ichi Saito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akiko Shiratsuchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Showbu Sato, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-71 ; 436501 ; 514-2 ; 514 44 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
A preventive or therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease which comprises a substance exhibiting an inhibitory action to tau-protein kinase I as an effective component is provided. A pharmaceutical composition comprising said agent and a method of inhibiting neuronal cell death in the brain are also provided.