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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
May. 24, 1993
Robert Yarchoan, Bethesda, MD (US);
M Wayne Saville, Bethesda, MD (US);
Giovanna Tosato, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kazuyuki Taga, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of inhibiting the replication of human immunodeficiency virus in cells which are infected with HIV comprising administering to the cells a replication inhibiting amount of interleukin-10. Also provided is a parenteral method of the administration of interleukin-10 administration. Further provided is a method of inhibiting retroviral replication in a human subject infected by a retrovirus, comprising administering to the subject an inhibiting amount of interleukin-10, including the retrovirus is. Finally, a method of treating Kaposi's sarcoma in a human subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of interleukin-10 to the subject is provided.