Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery of protein—protein interactions that are involved in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Thus, the present invention is directed to complexes of these proteins and/or their fragments, antibodies to the complexes, diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders (including diagnosis of a predisposition to and diagnosis of the existence of the disorder), drug screening for agents which modulate the interaction of proteins described herein, and identification of additional proteins in the pathway common to the proteins described herein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 25, 2003
Assignee:
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Inventors:
Jean-Marc Roch, Paul L. Bartel, Karen Heichman, Kimberly Mauck, Max Dufford