AGENT FOR PROTECTING AND/OR REGENERATING NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS

• Main Authors: KANAYA, Kazuo, NAKANISHI, Masaya, WATANABE, Ryosuke, KISA, Fumihiko, ITO, Ryo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.04.2023
• Subjects: HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

In one aspect, the present invention provides an agent for protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or an agent for treating and/or preventing a disease associated with a disorder of a neuromuscular junction, the agent containing an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor. In one aspect, the present invention also provides a method for protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or a method for treating and/or preventing a disease associated with a disorder of a neuromuscular junction, the method including administering an effective amount of an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor to a mammal. In one aspect, the present invention also provides an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor for use in protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or for use in treating and/or preventing a disease associated with a disorder of a neuromuscular junction. In one aspect, the present invention also provides use of an FF-MAS metabolism inhibitor for manufacturing an agent for protecting and/or regenerating a neuromuscular junction or for manufacturing an agent for treating and/or preventing a disease associated with a disorder of a neuromuscular junction.