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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Genevieve Rougon, Marseilles, FR;
Pascal Torregrossa, Marseilles, FR;
Melitta Schachner, Hamburg, DE;
Claus Schafer Nielsen, Humlebaek, DK;
Genevieve 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-Marseilles 2, Marseilles, FR;
Schafer-N, Copenhagen, DK;
Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A peptide consisting of 5 to 30 amino acid residues, preferably 9 to 15, most preferably about 12 amino acid residues, 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, the use thereof and 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 is disclosed.