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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Charles N. Serhan, Needham, MA (US);
Bruce D. Levy, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
Charles N. Serhan, Needham, MA (US);
Bruce D. Levy, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/195 (2006.01); A61K 31/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The use of lipoxin analogs for the treatment or prevention of asthma and asthma related diseases is described. In particular, acetylenic lipoxin analogs are effective for the treatment and prevention of eosinophil recruitment involved with the inflammation processes associated with asthma, asthma like conditions, and lung injuries associated from airway inflammation or infection as brought about by leukocyte-mediated injury from within.