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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rhonda R. Voskuhl, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2006.01); A61K 31/565 (2006.01); A61K 31/57 (2006.01); A61K 31/573 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/565 (2013.01); A61K 31/56 (2013.01); A61K 31/57 (2013.01); A61K 31/573 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention discloses administering steroid hormones to mammals to treat autoimmune related diseases, more particularly, Th1-mediated (cell-mediated) autoimmune diseases including: multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), autoimmune thyroiditis and uveitis. Most preferably the invention is used to treat a patient with a therapeutically effective amount of estriol of 8 milligrams once daily via oral administration to treat the symptoms or prevent the onset of multiple sclerosis.