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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Reza Dana, Newton, MA (US);
Mohammad Dastjerdi, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Sunil Chauhan, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Reza Dana, Newton, MA (US);
Mohammad Dastjerdi, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Sunil Chauhan, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/19 (2006.01); A61K 38/20 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/1709 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 38/1793 (2013.01); A61K 38/2006 (2013.01); C12N 15/1136 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for minimizing, preventing, or treating damage to corneal nerves by administering to a subject with such damage or at risk of exposure to such damage a composition which blocks an activity of an IL-1 cytokine and/or an IL-17 cytokine.