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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael P. Vitek, Apex, NC (US);
Carol A. Colton, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1195 ; A61K 3/121 ; A61K 3/116 ; A61K 3/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1195 ; A61K 3/121 ; A61K 3/116 ; A61K 3/104 ;
Abstract
A method of treating cells that carry at least one APOE4 allele comprises increasing nitric oxide levels in the cells (e.g., by administering an exogenous source of nitric oxide to the cells) by an amount sufficient to combat the decrease of nitric oxide level associated with the presence of the APOE4 allele. Also disclosed is a method of increasing nitric oxide levels in cells in need thereof which comprises administering APOE to the cells in an amount sufficient to increase nitric oxide levels in the cells.