US Patent:
20130121919, May 16, 2013
Inventors:
Yan FENG - Shanghai, CN
Mauro Fa - New York NY, US
Ottavio Arancio - New York NY, US
Shi Xian Deng - White Plains NY, US
Donald W. Landry - New York NY, US
Yitshak Francis - New York NY, US
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York - New York NY
International Classification:
C07C 235/64
C07C 323/42
C07D 213/82
C07D 213/75
C12Q 1/48
C07C 237/40
C07D 239/52
C07D 333/38
A61K 49/00
C07C 323/67
C07C 235/56
US Classification:
424 92, 564 85, 564162, 514603, 514618, 564184, 514617, 564165, 514620, 564179, 514622, 546291, 514346, 546309, 514352, 564156, 544319, 514269, 549 64, 514445, 435 15, 435 71
Abstract:
The invention provides for a method for screening compounds that bind to and modulate a histone acetyltransferase protein. The invention further provides methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders, conditions associated with accumulated amyloid-beta peptide deposits, Tau protein levels, and/or accumulations of alpha-synuclein as well as cancer by administering a HAT-activating compound to a subject.