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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
David J. Pinsky, Cresskill, NJ (US);
David J. Pinsky, Cresskill, NJ (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing thrombotic or ischemic disorders in a subject which comprises administering an agent to the subject, wherein the agent inhibits ADP-mediated platelet aggregation by increasing ADP catabolism, and a method for determining whether a compound inhibits platelet aggregation by increasing ADP catabolism so as to treat or prevent thrombotic or ischemic disorders in a subject, comprising: (a) inducing thrombotic or ischemic disorders in an animal, which animal is an animal model for thrombotic or ischemic disorders; (b) measuring the stroke outcome in the animal, (c) measuring platelet deposition and/or fibrin deposition in ischemic tissue, and (d) comparing the stroke outcome in step (b) and the platelet deposition and/or fibrin deposition with that of the animal model in the absence of the compound so as to identify a compound capable of treating or preventing thrombotic or ischemic disorders in a subject.