Treatment and delay of onset of synucleinopathic and amyloidogenic disease
First Claim
1. A method of reducing the risk of, lessening the severity of, delaying the outset of or treating a disease characterized by Lewy bodies or alpha-synuclein aggregation in the brain, the method comprising administering to a patient having or at risk of the disease an effective regime of an antibody that comprises complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of monoclonal antibody 8A5 deposited at American Type Culture Collection PTA-6909, wherein the antibody specifically binds to intact human alpha-synuclein.
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Abstract
The invention provides improved agents and methods for treatment of diseases associated with synucleinopathic diseases, including Lewy bodies of alpha-synuclein in the brain of a patient. Such methods entail administering agents that induce a beneficial immunogenic response against the Lewy body. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Parkinson'"'"'s disease.
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- 1. A method of reducing the risk of, lessening the severity of, delaying the outset of or treating a disease characterized by Lewy bodies or alpha-synuclein aggregation in the brain, the method comprising administering to a patient having or at risk of the disease an effective regime of an antibody that comprises complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of monoclonal antibody 8A5 deposited at American Type Culture Collection PTA-6909, wherein the antibody specifically binds to intact human alpha-synuclein.
- 10. A method of reducing the risk of, lessening the severity of, delaying the outset of or treating a disease characterized by Lewy bodies or alpha-synuclein aggregation in the brain, the method comprising administering to a patient having or at risk of the disease an effective regime of a humanized or chimeric version of an antibody produced from the cell line JH4.8A5.25.7.36 deposited at American Type Culture Collection PTA-6909, wherein the antibody specifically binds to intact human alpha-synuclein.
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