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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2001
Marshall Z. Schwartz, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Marshall Z. Schwartz, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
The Nemours Foundation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and composition for treating a patient having a condition characterized as inflammatory bowel disease with an effective dose of HGF. Inflammatory bowel disease as defined by the present invention, includes Chronic Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, severe acute gastroenteritis, chronic gastroenteritis, cholera, chronic infections of the bowel, immunologic disorders affecting the intestine, immunodeficiency syndromes affecting the intestine, and HIV. Mucosal damage and histologic lesions are reduced by administering an effective dose of HGF to patients suffering from the same. Specifically, the effective dose of HGF is in a range of about 30 μg/kg body weight/day to about 300 μg/kg body weight/day. HGF may be administered to the patient lumenally or systemically.