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Title:
USE OF PERICYTE APOPTOSIS INHIBITORS FOR TREATING AND/OR PREVENTING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002034201
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention concerns the use of a retinal pericyte apoptosis inhibitor for preparing a medicine useful for preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy. More particularly, the invention concerns the use of a compound selected among: an antioxidant, a compound inhibiting the production of ceramides and/or of DAG, an acid sphingomyelinase inhibitor, a C phosphatidylcholin-phospholipase inhibitor, a caspase inhibitor, or a mixture of at least two thereof for preparing a medicine useful for preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy.

Inventors:
LECOMTE MARC (FR)
DENIS ULRICHE (FR)
PAGET CLARISSE (FR)
WIERNSPERGER NICOLAS (FR)
LAGARDE MICHEL (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/FR2001/003306
Publication Date:
March 27, 2003
Filing Date:
October 24, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
LIPHA (FR)
INST NAT SANTE RECH MED (FR)
LECOMTE MARC (FR)
DENIS ULRICHE (FR)
PAGET CLARISSE (FR)
WIERNSPERGER NICOLAS (FR)
LAGARDE MICHEL (FR)
International Classes:
C12N15/09; A61K31/00; A61K31/047; A61K31/13; A61K31/19; A61K31/198; A61K31/385; A61K31/55; A61K31/555; A61K31/7088; A61K38/00; A61K38/08; A61K38/43; A61K38/55; A61K45/00; A61K45/06; A61K48/00; A61P3/10; A61P27/02; C12Q1/02; (IPC1-7): A61K31/195; A61K31/385; A61K31/41; A61K31/045; A61K31/495; A61K31/645; A61K31/185; A61K31/00; A61K38/55; A61K38/57; A61K38/06; A61K31/07; A61K38/08; A61K45/06; A61K48/00
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