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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Marc Lecomte, Lissieu, FR;
Ulriche Denis, Caluire et Cuire, FR;
Clarisse Paget, Lyons, FR;
Nicolas Wiernsperger, Orlienas, FR;
Michel Lagarde, Decines, FR;
Marc Lecomte, Lissieu, FR;
Ulriche Denis, Caluire et Cuire, FR;
Clarisse Paget, Lyons, FR;
Nicolas Wiernsperger, Orlienas, FR;
Michel Lagarde, Decines, FR;
Merck Sante, , FR;
INSERM, , FR;
Abstract
A method of preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy is disclosed including administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of retinal pericyte apoptosis. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition which treats and/or prevents diabetic retinopathy comprising as an active agent a therapeutically effective amount of at least one inhibitor of retinal pericyte apoptosis and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.