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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kirk P. Conrad, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Martyn Lewis, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Elaine N. Unemori, Oakland, CA (US);
Xinfan Huang, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Carol A. Tozzi, Jackson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; C07K 1/464 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; C07K 1/464 ;
Abstract
The invention related to methods of treating disease related to vasoconstriction that is a major factor in hypertensive vascular diseases and vasodilation, generally comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of a pharmaceutically active relaxin. Relaxin functions to increase both vasodilation and angiogenesis in males as well as females, and is useful in treating a wide variety of diseases relating to vasoconstriction.