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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1995
David Allen Hafler, Newton, MA (US);
Robert B Nussenblatt, Bethesda, MD (US);
Alan G Palestine, Potomac, MD (US);
Howard L Weiner, Brookline, MA (US);
AutoImmune Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health, , US;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing the clinical manifestation of an autoimmune disease having the symptoms of uveoretinitis in a mammal in need of such treatment comprising orally administering to said mammal an effective amount of an autoantigen, e.g., S antigen (S-Ag), and/or biologically active fragments, or analogs thereof specific for uveoretinitis. Also provided is a pharmaceutical formulation useful for treating or preventing uveoretinitis in mammals comprising an effective amount of one or more of the foregoing autoantigen, fragments or analogs.