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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Alexander J. Muller, Swarthmore, PA (US);
Arturo Bravo-Nuevo, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Arpita Mondal, Havertown, PA (US);
Courtney Smith, Media, PA (US);
Hollie E. Flick, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods for the treatment of ocular diseases are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the instant invention, methods for treating, inhibiting (e.g., reducing), and/or preventing an ocular disease in a subject are provided. The methods comprise the administration of at least one inhibitor of the induction or activity of tryptophan degradation and/or of the downstream pathways that respond to this process. In a particular embodiment, the methods comprise the administration of an inhibitor of IDO1.