METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND COMPOUNDS USEFUL FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES INVOLVING INFLAMMATION

• Main Authors: JANSSEN RICHARD ANTONIUS JOZEF, MELDRUM ERIC CHARLES, BOYCE SUSAN HEATHER, DICKSON MARION CATHERINE, DE GROOT ANTON, LEKKERKERKER ANNEMARIE NICOLETTE, THOMPSON NICOLA, RAY KEITH PAUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.01.2012
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES, IN SILICOLIBRARIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to agents, and methods for identifying compounds, which agents and compounds result in the inhibition of the activation of macrophages. In addition, the invention relates to compositions and methods for the use thereof in treating conditions that are characterized by activation of macrophages including infections, allograft reactions, inflammation, allergic and autoimmune diseases, metabolic disease, cardiovascular disease, tissue injury, and cancer.