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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Charles N. Serhan, Needham, MA (US);
Sean P. Colgan, Newton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Charles N. Serhan, Needham, MA (US);
Sean P. Colgan, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/20 (2006.01); A61K 31/205 (2006.01); A61K 31/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods to cause tissue, such as mucosal cells, to express increased amounts of bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI) are described. Various BPI inducing agents include icosapentanoic acid (EPA) analogs and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogs.