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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Keith B. Gorden, Maplewood, MN (US);
Xiaohong Qiu, Rosemount, MN (US);
John P. Vasilakos, Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventors:
Keith B. Gorden, Maplewood, MN (US);
Xiaohong Qiu, Rosemount, MN (US);
John P. Vasilakos, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of eliciting a TLR8-mediated cellular response are disclosed. Such methods include administration of either a TLR8 agonist or a TLR8 antagonist to an IRM-responsive cell so that the IRM compound affects at least one TLR8-mediate cellular signaling pathway. In some cases, the method may provide prophylactic or therapeutic treatment for a condition treatable by modulating a TLR8-mediated cellular pathway.