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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Brian Robert Walker, Edinburgh, GB;
Ruth Andrew, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Brian Robert Walker, Edinburgh, GB;
Ruth Andrew, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2006.01); A01N 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the modulation of glucocorticoid metabolism. In particular the invention relates to the modulation of the functional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor by 5α reduced metabolic breakdown products of glucocorticoids.