Treating Gliosis, Glial Scarring, Inflammation or Inhibition of Axonal Growth in the Nervous System by Modulating Eph Receptor

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of treating disorders of the nervous system and more particularly disorders associated with a gliotic response and/or an inflammatory response within the central nervous system and to therapeutic agents useful for same. More particularly, the present invention involves a method of preventing or reducing the amount of Eph receptor-mediated gliosis and/or glial scarring and/or inflammation and/or Eph receptor-mediated inhibition of axonal growth which occurs during and/or after disease or injury to the nervous system. The present invention also facilitates the identification of therapeutic agents which modulate Eph receptor-mediated signaling. The method and therapeutic agents of the present invention are useful for treating a range of nervous system diseases, conditions and injuries including, inter alia, paralysis induced by physiological-, pathological- or trauma-induced injury to the brain or spinal cord.