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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paolo Francesco Fabene, Santa Lucia ai Monti, IT;
Eugene C. Butcher, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gabriela Constantin, San Floriano, IT;
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); C07K 16/2821 (2013.01); C07K 16/2836 (2013.01); C07K 16/2842 (2013.01); C07K 16/2845 (2013.01); C07K 16/2854 (2013.01); C07K 16/2896 (2013.01); C07K 2317/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. It is shown herein that leukocyte recruitment plays a key role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Treatment with an agent that inhibits leukocyte recruitment has therapeutic and preventative effects in blocking recurrent seizures and epilepsy.