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Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2012
Applicants:

Paul Acton, Quakertown, PA (US);

Zhiqiang an, Ambler, PA (US);

Andrew J. Bett, Lansdale, PA (US);

Robert Breese, Quakertown, PA (US);

Lei Chang, Westmont, IL (US);

Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Souderton, PA (US);

Gene Kinney, Collegeville, PA (US);

William Klein, Winetka, IL (US);

Mary P. Lambert, Glenview, IL (US);

Xiaoping Liang, Collegeville, PA (US);

Paul Shughrue, West Chester, PA (US);

William R. Strohl, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Kristen Viola, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Paul Acton, Quakertown, PA (US);

Zhiqiang An, Ambler, PA (US);

Andrew J. Bett, Lansdale, PA (US);

Robert Breese, Quakertown, PA (US);

Lei Chang, Westmont, IL (US);

Elizabeth Chen Dodson, Souderton, PA (US);

Gene Kinney, Collegeville, PA (US);

William Klein, Winetka, IL (US);

Mary P. Lambert, Glenview, IL (US);

Xiaoping Liang, Collegeville, PA (US);

Paul Shughrue, West Chester, PA (US);

William R. Strohl, Bridgewater, NJ (US);

Kristen Viola, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignees:

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to antibodies that differentially recognize multi-dimensional conformations of Aβ-derived diffusible ligands, also known as ADDLs. The antibodies of the invention can distinguish between Alzheimer's Disease and control human brain extracts and are useful in methods of detecting ADDLs and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. The present antibodies also block binding of ADDLs to neurons, assembly of ADDLS, and tau phosphorylation and are there useful in methods for the preventing and treating diseases associated with soluble oligomers of amyloid β 1-42.


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