Methods of facilitating vascular growth

   
   

A method of facilitating vascular growth in a subject in need of such treatment comprises inhibiting EMAP II activity in the subject by an amount effective to stimulate vascular growth in the subject (e.g., in the lungs or heart of the subject). Pharmaceutical formulations useful for carrying out such methods (e.g., an antibody that specifically binds to EMAP II in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier) and screening techniques useful for identifying additional compounds that can be used for carrying out such methods are also disclosed.

Un método de facilitar crecimiento vascular en un tema en necesidad de tal tratamiento abarca actividad de EMAP que inhibe II en el tema por una cantidad eficaz estimular crecimiento vascular en el tema (e.g., en los pulmones o el corazón del tema). Las formulaciones farmacéuticas útiles para realizar tales métodos (e.g., un anticuerpo que ata específicamente a EMAP II en un portador farmacéutico aceptable) y las técnicas de la investigación útiles para identificar los compuestos adicionales que se pueden utilizar para realizar tales métodos también se divulgan.

 
Web www.patentalert.com

< Combination of a cyclic hexapeptide with antifungal drugs for treatment of fungal pathogens

< Antisense to c-myc for treatment of polycystic kidney disease

> Process for removing systematic error and outlier data and for estimating random error in chemical and biological assays

> Aziridine compounds and methods of making and using them

~ 00171