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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
University of Leicester, Leicester, GB;
Omeros Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Nigel John Brunskill, Leicester, GB;
Gregory A. Demopulos, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Thomas A. Dudler, Bellevue, WA (US);
Hans-Wilhelm Schwaeble, Cambridge, GB;
University of Leicester, Leicester, GB;
Omeros Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention provides methods for treating, inhibiting, alleviating or preventing fibrosis in a mammalian subject suffering, or at risk of developing a disease or disorder caused or exacerbated by fibrosis and/or inflammation. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods of treating a subject suffering from renal fibrosis. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods of reducing proteinuria in a subject suffering from a renal disease or condition associated with proteinuria. The methods comprise the step of administering, to a subject in need thereof, an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-2-dependent complement activation.