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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert O. Messing, Foster City, CA (US);
Jon D. Levine, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/808 ; A61K 4/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/808 ; A61K 4/900 ;
Abstract
The role of the &egr; isozyme of protein kinase C (“PKC&egr;”) in pain perception, particularly hyperalgesia, methods of lessening pain through administration of inhibitors of PKC&egr;, methods of identifying compounds that modulate pain, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inhibitor of PKC&egr; and PKC&egr;-independent analgesic agent are disclosed.