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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2012
Anthony Calabro, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Mark Lauer, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Anthony Calabro, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Mark Lauer, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a compound comprising the hyaluronan-containing structure A-(low molecular weight hyaluronan domain)-B. The compositions also comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. A is hydrogen, a substituent that does not comprise a binding site for tumor necrosis factor stimulated gene-6 ('TSG-6') protein, a substituent that interferes with binding of TSG-6 protein immediately adjacent thereto, or chondroitin. B is hydroxyl, a substituent that does not comprise a binding site for TSG-6 protein, a substituent that interferes with binding of TSG-6 protein immediately adjacent thereto, or chondroitin. The composition is suitable for administration by injection, inhalation, topical rub, or ingestion. Also disclosed are methods and kits for treating a site of inflammation in an individual in need thereof and for decreasing heavy chain modification of pathological hyaluronan at a site of inflammation in an individual in need thereof based on administering the compounds or the compositions.