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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
May. 19, 2004
Arthur O. Tzianabos, Reading, MA (US);
Dennis L. Kasper, Charleston, MA (US);
Andrew B. Onderdonk, Westwood, MA (US);
Julia Ying Wang, Brookline, MA (US);
Arthur O. Tzianabos, Reading, MA (US);
Dennis L. Kasper, Charleston, MA (US);
Andrew B. Onderdonk, Westwood, MA (US);
Julia Ying Wang, Brookline, MA (US);
The Bingham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and products for inducing IL-2 secretion, inducing IL-10 secretion, activating T cells, suppressing IgG antibody response to specific antigen, promoting allograft survival, reducing postoperative surgical adhesion formation, and protecting against abscess formation associated with surgery, trauma or diseases that predispose the host to abscess formation are provided. The methods of the invention are accomplished using an immunomodulator which is a polymer having at least two repeating charge motifs separated by at least a certain minimum distance.