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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Yadong Huang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Qin Xu, Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yadong Huang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Qin Xu, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
The J. David Gladstone Institutes, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 1/00 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides nucleic acids comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an apolipoprotein E (apoE) splice variant, e.g., an unprocessed apoE, that retains intron 3; and vectors and host cells comprising same. The present invention further provides screening methods to identify agents that inhibit cleavage of intron-3 from the apoE splice variant. The present invention further provides methods of treating apoE-related neurological disorders, involving administering an agent that inhibits removal of intron-3 from a precursor apoE mRNA.