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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
LI Gan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lennart Mucke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Li Gan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lennart Mucke, San Francisco, CA (US);
The J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for reducing the level of amyloid beta protein in a cell or tissue, the methods generally involving contacting the cell or tissue with an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention provides methods for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), and methods for treating cerebral angiopathy, in an individual, the methods generally involving administering to an individual having AD a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity. The present invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reduces cystatin C levels and/or activity.
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