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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Vernon Michael Holers, Denver, CO (US);
Joshua M. Thurman, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Christian Taube, Frankfurt, DE;
Erwin W. Gelfand, Englewood, CO (US);
Gary Steven Gilkeson, Charleston, SC (US);
Vernon Michael Holers, Denver, CO (US);
Joshua M. Thurman, Greenwood Village, CO (US);
Christian Taube, Frankfurt, DE;
Erwin W. Gelfand, Englewood, CO (US);
Gary Steven Gilkeson, Charleston, SC (US);
MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
National Jewish Health, Denver, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are novel inhibitors of the alternative complement pathway and particularly, novel anti-factor B antibodies. Also disclosed is the use of such inhibitors to reduce or prevent airway hyperresponsiveness and/or airway inflammation by selectively inhibiting the alternative complement pathway, thereby treating diseases in which such conditions play a role. Also disclosed is the use of such inhibitors to reduce or prevent other diseases and conditions, including ischemia-reperfusion injury, by inhibition of the alternative complement pathway.