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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Geneviève Rougon, Marseilles, FR;
Pascal Torregrossa, Marseilles, FR;
Melitta Schachner, Hamburg, DE;
Claus Schafer Nielsen, Humlebaek, DK;
Geneviève Rougon, Marseilles, FR;
Pascal Torregrossa, Marseilles, FR;
Melitta Schachner, Hamburg, DE;
Claus Schafer Nielsen, Humlebaek, DK;
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Universite de la Mediterranee AIX-Marseille, Marseilles, FR;
Schafer-N, Copenhagen, DK;
Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of a peptide consisting of 5 to 30 amino acid residues, preferably 9 to 15, most preferably about 12 amino acid residues, said peptide comprising a B epitope of a poly-α2,8 sialic acid attached to NCAM, which is recognized by an anti-poly-α2,8 sialic acid (PSA) antibody, for the preparation of a medicament for modulating NCAM functions, to be administered for the prevention and/or the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, brain and spine lesions, age-related learning and memory problems, and cancer.