Use of transcription factors for treating inflammation and other diseases
US6869929B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2500/10
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating inflammation in a mammal comprising altering the activity of a transcription factor involved in the inflammatory response. The invention also relates to the use of transcription factors to screen compounds that are capable of reducing inflammation. The invention also relates to the use of transcription factors in methods of diagnosing the presence of an inflammatory disease in a tissue of a mammal and methods of monitoring the treatment of an inflammatory disease in a tissue of a mammal.
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