Medicament and method for treating renal disease
US6599876B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K14/4703
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A medicament for treating a renal disease, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an activin inhibitor as an active ingredient. Also, a method for treating a renal disease, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an activin inhibitor to a patient suffering from renal disease is disclosed. The activin inhibitor may be follistatin, an anti-activin antibody, an inhibitor to activin receptor or an anti-activin receptor antibody, an inhibitor to signal transduction relating to activin receptor, an activin production inhibitor in kidney, and the like.
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