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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Janine M. Bilsborough, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric M. Chadwick, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sherri L. Mudri, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Janine M. Bilsborough, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric M. Chadwick, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sherri L. Mudri, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/20 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Use of IL-31 agonists, including IL-31, are used to treat agonists are used to treat asthma, airway hyper-responsiveness or allergic rhinitis. The method comprise inhibiting, reducing, limiting or minimizing production of proimflammatory cytokines and include administration of the IL-31 agonsit during sensitization or challenge resulting in the asthma, airway hyper-responsiveness or allergic rhinitis state.