Method and reagent for the treatment of alzheimer's disease
OwnerLa Wrence Blatt, James A. McSwiggeninventors
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Abstract
Nucleic acid molecules, including antisense and enzymatic nucleic acid molecules, such as hammerhead ribozymes, DNAzymes, and antisense, which modulate the expression of molecular targets impacting the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease, in particular, the expression of BACE and ps-2 gene.
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An enzymatic nucleic acid molecule which down regulates expression of a beta site APP-cleaving enzyme (BACE) gene.
A nucleic acid molecule which down regulates expression of a presenilin (ps-2) gene.
An antisense nucleic acid molecule comprising sequence complementary to any of the sequences defined as sequence ID Nos. 1-1775.
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