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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2007
Applicant:
Debra G. Gilbertson, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Debra G. Gilbertson, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Materials and methods for treating fibrosis in a mammal are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to a mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a zvegf3 antagonist in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable delivery vehicle. Zvegf3 antagonists include anti-zvegf3 antibodies, mitogenically inactive receptor-binding zvegf3 variant polypeptides, and inhibitory polynucleotides. Within one embodiment of the invention the fibrosis is liver fibrosis.