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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2002
Eva-marie Mandelkow, Hamburg, DE;
Eckhard Mandelkow, Hamburg, DE;
Birgit Lichtenberg-kraag, Bärenklau, DE;
Jacek Biernat, Hamburg, DE;
Gerard Drewes, Hamburg, DE;
Barbara Steiner, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Eva-Marie Mandelkow, Hamburg, DE;
Eckhard Mandelkow, Hamburg, DE;
Birgit Lichtenberg-Kraag, Bärenklau, DE;
Jacek Biernat, Hamburg, DE;
Gerard Drewes, Hamburg, DE;
Barbara Steiner, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to phosphorylated tau protein epitopes associated with Alzheimer's disease, to protein kinases responsible for tau protein epitope phosphorylation, and to antibodies specific for the tau epitopes. Additionally, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, methods for detection, and methods of testing drugs effective in dissolving paired helical filaments associated with Alzheimer's disease.