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Summary for Patent: 7,790,675
Title:Method for increasing frataxin expression
Abstract: Use of human erythropoietin or a derivative of erythropoietin having the biological activity of human erythropoietin of increasing the expression of frataxin for the production of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of Friedreich\'s ataxia or for the treatment or prevention of a disease associated with Friedreich\'s ataxia.
Inventor(s): Scheiber-Mojdehkar; Barbara (Vienna, AT), Sturm; Brigitte Nina (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: Medizinische Universitaet Wien (Vienna, AT)
Application Number:11/718,870
Patent Claims:1. A method of increasing frataxin expression in a subject having Friedreich's ataxia or a disease associated therewith, said subject being diagnosed as having decreased expression of frataxin, the method comprising: providing a pharmaceutical composition having a therapeutically effective amount of erythropoietin or a derivative thereof having the biological activity of human erythropoietin sufficient for increasing expression of frataxin, said human erythropoietin or said derivative thereof is selected from the group of recombinant human erythropoietin, erythropoietin .alpha., erythropoietin .beta., aranesp, asialoerythropoietin and carbamylated erythropoietin; and administering the pharmaceutical composition to the subject having Friedreich's ataxia or the disease associated therewith being a neurodegenerative disease, said administering increases frataxin expression in the subject.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the subject has Friedreich's ataxia diagnosed by means of gene analysis and/or ELISA and/or real-time PCR and that expression of frataxin is decreased due to GAA-repeat-expansion or mutations on one or on both alleles in the frataxin gene.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said disease associated with Friedreich's ataxia is a neurodegenerative disease, the subject having decreased expression of frataxin.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the subject is diagnosed by means of gene analysis and/or ELISA and/or real-time PCR and that expression of frataxin is decreased due to GAA-repeat-expansion or mutations on one or on both alleles in the frataxin gene.

5. A method of increasing expression of frataxin in a subject, said subject being diagnosed as having decreased expression of frataxin, the method comprising: providing a pharmaceutical composition having a therapeutically effective amount of an erythropoietin having the biological activity of human erythropoietin sufficient for increasing expression of frataxin, said erythropoietin is selected from the group of recombinant human erythropoietin, erythropoietin .alpha., erythropoietin .beta., aranesp, asialoerythropoietin and carbamylated erythropoietin; and administering the pharmaceutical composition to the subject so as to increase expression of frataxin in the subject.

6. A method as in claim 5, wherein the subject is diagnosed by means of gene analysis and/or ELISA and/or real-time PCR.

7. A method as in claim 5, wherein the expression of frataxin is decreased due to GAA-repeat-expansion or mutations on one or on both alleles in the frataxin gene.

8. A method as in claim 5, wherein the subject is diagnosed to have Friedreich's ataxia or a neurodegenerative disease associated with Friedreich's ataxia.

Details for Patent 7,790,675

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Amgen, Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 09/17/2001 ⤷  Try a Trial 2024-11-09
Amgen, Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 07/19/2002 ⤷  Try a Trial 2024-11-09
Amgen, Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 12/17/2002 ⤷  Try a Trial 2024-11-09
Amgen, Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 12/12/2003 ⤷  Try a Trial 2024-11-09
Amgen, Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 06/29/2006 ⤷  Try a Trial 2024-11-09
Amgen, Inc. ARANESP darbepoetin alpha Injection 103951 ⤷  Try a Trial 2024-11-09
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