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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
David Brown, Bronxville, NY (US);
Lorne M. Golub, Smithtown, NY (US);
Hsi-ming Lee, Setauket, NY (US);
Robert Greenwald, Melville, NY (US);
Maria Ryan, Huntington, NY (US);
Kavita Desai, Bronx, NY (US);
David Brown, Bronxville, NY (US);
Lorne M. Golub, Smithtown, NY (US);
Hsi-Ming Lee, Setauket, NY (US);
Robert Greenwald, Melville, NY (US);
Maria Ryan, Huntington, NY (US);
Kavita Desai, Bronx, NY (US);
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshevia University, Bronx, NY (US);
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY (US);
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for decreasing elevated serum/plasma LDL-cholesterol levels or LDL-cholesterol levels and CRP levels in a mammal in need thereof. The methods comprises administering an effective amount of a tetracycline formulation. In one embodiment, the tetracycline formulation is a non-antibacterial tetracycline. In another embodiment, the tetracycline formulation is an antibacterial tetracycline at a sub-antibacterial amount.