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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
Bruce N. Cronstein, New York, NY (US);
Aranzazu Mediero Munoz, New York, NY (US);
Bruce N. Cronstein, New York, NY (US);
Aranzazu Mediero Munoz, New York, NY (US);
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and compositions for reducing or inhibiting bone resorption, osteoclast differentiation and stimulation and the loosening of medical prostheses by administering a compound or agent that modulates an adenosine receptor such as the adenosine Areceptor, in particular, an agonist of an adenosine Areceptor. The invention also extends to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such an agent that modulates an adenosine receptor such as an adenosine Aagonist and to prosthetic devices containing such an agent that modulates an adenosine receptor such as an Aagonist on one or more surfaces or within the prosthetic device such as, for example, suspended in the cement forming the prosthetic device.