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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Claudia Hirth-Dietrich, Wuppertal, DE;
Tobias Schlapp, Cologne, DE;
Angela Siegling, Paris, FR;
Andreas Knorr, Erkrath, DE;
Olaf Weber, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Gudrun Theiss, Wuppertal, DE;
Assignee:
Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/08 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use, in humans, of inactivated parapoxviruses for the prophylaxis and treatment of diseases which are accompanied by an increased deposition of collagen, with it being possible for both internal organs, such as the liver, and the skin and its appended structures, to be affected. The invention relates, in particular, to liver fibrosis and/or liver cirrhosis consequent upon virus hepatitis, or to ethanol-induced liver diseases and to cystic fibrosis.