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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene de Juan, Jr, Phoenix, MD (US);
Assignee:
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424427 ; 424423 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of retinal ischemia and retinal inflammation. The methods involve the administration of an inhibitor of the protein tyrosine kinase pathway to an animal, such as a mammal, in particular a human, in an amount sufficient to treat the retina for ischemia or inflammation prophylactically or therapeutically. The inhibitor of the protein tyrosine kinase pathway is preferably genistein or an analogue or prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing.