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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Applicants:
Paolo Francesco Fabene, Villafranca di Verona, IT;
Eugene C. Butcher, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gabriela Constantin, San Floriano, IT;
Inventors:
Paolo Francesco Fabene, Villafranca di Verona, IT;
Eugene C. Butcher, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gabriela Constantin, San Floriano, IT;
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. It is shown herein that leukocyte recruitment plays a key role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Treatment with an agent that inhibits leukocyte recruitment has therapeutic and preventative effects in blocking recurrent seizures and epilepsy.