HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR PATHWAY ACTIVATORS IN DEMYELINATING DISEASES AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TRAUMA
申请人:Yuzhakov Alexander
公开号:US20110230407A1
公开(公告)日:2011-09-22
Methods are provided for treating and preventing demyelinating diseases including multiple sclerosis, and traumatic injury to the central nervous system including brain trauma and spinal cord injury, by administering a compound or pharmaceutical composition of the invention. Useful compounds include hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor protein, fragments, fusion polypeptides and muteins thereof, and nucleic acid and expression vectors encoding such proteins. Other useful compounds include small molecule HGF/SF agonists and mimetics.