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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
Nicolas Levy, Marseilles, FR;
Pierre Cau, Puyricard, FR;
Carlos Lopez-otin, Oviedo, ES;
Universite de la Mediterranee AIX-Marseille II, Marseilles, FR;
Association Francaise Contre les Myophathies (AFM), Paris, FR;
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseilles, FR;
Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, ES;
Abstract
The invention relates to the use of a hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor and of a farnesyl-pyrophosphate synthase inhibitor, or of one of their associated physiologically acceptable salts, in the preparation of a composition, particularly a pharmaceutical composition, for use in the treatment of human or animal, pathological or nonpathological situations related to the accumulation and/or the persistence of prenylated proteins in cells, such as during progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome), restrictive dermopathy or physiological aging.