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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2003
Peter Oettgen, Brookline, MA (US);
Towia Libermann, Newton, MA (US);
Mary Goldring, Auburndale, MA (US);
Peter Oettgen, Brookline, MA (US);
Towia Libermann, Newton, MA (US);
Mary Goldring, Auburndale, MA (US);
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of treating inflammation in a mammal comprising altering the activity of a transcription factor involved in the inflammatory response. The invention also relates to the use of transcription factors to screen compounds that are capable of reducing inflammation. The invention also relates to the use of transcription factors in methods of diagnosing the presence of an inflammatory disease in a tissue of a mammal and methods of monitoring the treatment of an inflammatory disease in a tissue of a mammal.