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Title:
VALPROIC ACID AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF AS HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002007722
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of the drug valproic acid and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of enzymes having histone deacetylase activity. The invention also relates to the use of those compounds for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of diseases which are associated with hypoacetylation of histones or in which induction of hyperacetylation has a beneficial effect for example by induction of differentiation and/or apoptosis in transformed cells.

Inventors:
GOETTLICHER MARTIN (DE)
HEINZEL THORSTEN (DE)
GRONER BERND (DE)
HERRLICH PETER (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2001/007704
Publication Date:
July 18, 2002
Filing Date:
July 05, 2001
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Assignee:
GEORG SPEYER HAUS (DE)
GOETTLICHER MARTIN (DE)
HEINZEL THORSTEN (DE)
GRONER BERND (DE)
HERRLICH PETER (DE)
International Classes:
A61K31/19; A61P5/02; A61P35/00; G01N33/50; A61P35/02; A61P43/00; G01N33/15; G01N33/566; G01N33/574; (IPC1-7): A61K31/19; A61P35/00; A61P5/02
Domestic Patent References:
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WO1996006821A11996-03-07
WO1997011366A11997-03-27
WO1997035990A21997-10-02
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