Prevention and treatment of amyloidogenic disease

   
   

The invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of amyloidogenic diseases. Such methods entail administering an agent that induces a beneficial immune reponse against an amyloid deposit in the patient. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In such methods, a suitable agent is A.beta. peptide or an antibody thereto.

A invenção fornece composições e métodos para o tratamento de doenças amyloidogenic. Tais métodos envolvem administrar um agente que induza um reponse imune benéfico de encontro a um depósito amyloid no paciente. Os métodos são particularmente úteis para o tratamento prophylactic e therapeutic da doença de Alzheimer. Em tais métodos, um agente apropriado é peptide de A.beta. ou um antibody a isso.

 
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