Use of CSF-1 to treat viral infections
AssigneeChiron Corporation
InventorsPeter Ralph, Kong T. Chong
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Abstract
A colony stimulating factor, CSF-1, is a lymphokine useful in treating or preventing bacterial, viral or fungal infections, neoplasms, leukopenia, wounds, and in overcoming the immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy or resulting from other causes. CSF-1 is obtained in usable amounts by recombinant methods, including cloning and expression of the murine and human DNA sequences encoding this protein.
Claims6
A method for therapeutic treatment of a viral infectious disease in a mammal which comprises administering to said mammal an effective amount of recombinant colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) to treat the viral infectious disease.
A method for treating a viral infection comprising administering an effective amount of colony stimulating factor-1 to a mammal in need thereof.
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