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US 2023/0054595 A1Published application
Novel druggable targets for the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) and methods for diagnosis and treatment using the same
AssigneeThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
InventorsStruan Grant, Andrew Wells, Chun Su
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Abstract
Compositions and methods for the management and treatment of inflammatory disorders including SLE are disclosed.
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A method for alleviating inflammatory disease symptoms in a patient in need thereof, comprising;
- a) identifying in a nucleic acid containing biological sample from said patient, an inflammatory disease GWAS causal variant in a gene which is indicative of the presence of, or increased risk for, inflammatory disease;
- b) treating said patient with an effective amount of at least one agent which targets said gene harboring said causal variant, thereby alleviating inflammatory disease symptoms.
A method for treatment of SLE comprising administration of an effective amount of
- i) a MAP3/4K antagonist;
- or,
- ii) a pharmacological inhibitor of HIPK1;
- said treatment alleviating SLE symptoms.
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