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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Kazuei Igarashi, Chiba, JP;
Shiro Ueda, Chiba, JP;
Naokatsu Saeki, Chiba, JP;
Keiko Kashiwagi, Chiba, JP;
Hideyuki Tomitori, Chiba, JP;
Kazuei Igarashi, Chiba, JP;
Shiro Ueda, Chiba, JP;
Naokatsu Saeki, Chiba, JP;
Keiko Kashiwagi, Chiba, JP;
Hideyuki Tomitori, Chiba, JP;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a diagnostic method for stroke/asymptomatic cerebral infarction and a screening method for patients with stroke/asymptomatic cerebral infarction, which comprise measuring acrolein content or polyamine content; or polyamine oxidase activity or protein content of polyamine oxidase in plasma. The knowledge of the present invention indicates the possibility of preventing, inhibiting the progression of stroke/asymptomatic cerebral infarction by inhibiting polyamine oxidase, and the possibility of obtaining a therapeutic agent for stroke/asymptomatic cerebral infarction by searching for compounds that inhibit polyamine oxidase.