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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
The Doshisha, Kyoto, JP;
Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
KYOTO PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
THE DOSHISHA, Kyoto, JP;
SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an agent for treating or preventing a disease, a disorder or a condition of a corneal endothelium, said agent comprising a corneal endothelial cell and a myosin II-specific inhibitor. More specifically, the myosin II-specific inhibitor is blebbistatin. The disease, the disorder or the condition is typically a disorder associated with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy or corneal endothelial dysfunction (bullous keratopathy). Also provided is a method for treating or preventing a corneal endothelial disease, said method comprising a step of administering an effective amount of a myosin II-specific inhibitor together with a corneal endothelial cell to a subject.