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Method for treating hyperproliferative skin diseases

US5164394A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 1991
Grant dateNov 17, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/52
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

It has been discovered that 6-(substituted amino)purine cytokinins, such as kinetin, induce differentiation, and consequently reduce or eliminate the abnormally high rate of proliferation, of hyperproliferating cells associated with hyperproliferative skin diseases. Thus, the present invention provides methods and compositions for treating hyperproliferative skin diseases in mammals, particularly such diseases associated with hyperproliferating epidermal cells in humans, by administering to the hyperproliferating cells associated with such a disease, in the skin of a mammal suffering therefrom, a differentiation-inducing effective amount of a 6-(substituted amino)purine cytokinin. 87

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