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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephan Ladisch, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; A61K 9/127 ; C07H 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; A61K 9/127 ; C07H 1/500 ;
Abstract
A method for suppressing immune responses in animals by administering gangliosides to the animal. Gangliosides having terminal sialic acid groups are disclosed as being especially effective as immunosuppressive agents. The especially effective immunosuppressive gangliosides include G,and G,. Ganglioside compositions for use in suppressing immune responses are also disclosed.