PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE COMPRISING THIAMINE DERIVATIVES

• Main Authors: CHOI, Eun Jung, JEON, Jae-Han, LEE, In-Kyu, JEON, Chang Hyun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.10.2023
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, treating, or ameliorating graft versus host disease (GVHD), comprising thiamine derivatives, in which the active ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition is fursultiamine, which can alleviate weight loss found in patients with GVHD, reduce the infiltration of liver and colon inflammatory cells, and effectively inhibit the production of allogeneic CD4+ IFNγ+ T cells, and thus can be effectively used for the prevention, treatment, or amelioration of GVHD.