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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);
Kurt Q. Lu, Chicago, IL (US);
Livia A. Veress, Denver, CO (US);
Kevin D. Cooper, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Amisha Wallia, Chicago, IL (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful in reducing inflammation, reducing inflammatory exudates, enhancing epithelial tissue generation or regeneration, and/or reducing mean pulmonary artery pressure in the lungs of a subject in need thereof. In particular, the compositions comprise vitamin D, an analog, or metabolite thereof, and the methods include administering the composition to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the subject is suffering from an infection, such as a viral infection, which affects the lungs. In some embodiments, the viral infection comprises SARS-CoV-2.