Patent ID: 8557844
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07D,C07H,C07J

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a subject having a disease which has a secondary Niemann-Pick type C disease like cellular phenotype, wherein the disease is Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome (SLOS), CHILD syndrome, XLD chondrodysplasia punctata type 2, Conradi-Hünnermann-Happle syndrome, or HEM dysplasia, the method comprising selecting the subject having the disease, and administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of sphingolipid biosynthesis wherein the inhibitor of sphingolipid biosynthesis is N-butyldeoxynojirimycin; N-nonyldeoxynojirimycin; N-butyldeoxygalactonojirimycin; N-5-adamantane-1-yl-methoxypentyl-deoxynojirimycin; alpha-homogalactonojirimycin; nojirimycin; deoxynojirimycin; N7-oxadecyl-deoxynojirimycin; deoxygalactonojirimycin; N-butyl-deoxygalactonojirimycin; N-nonyl-deoxygalactonojirimycin; N-nonyl-6deoxygalactonojirimycin; N7-oxanonyl-6deoxy-DGJ; alpha-homoallonojirimycin; or beta-1-C-butyl-deoxygalactonojirimycin.