Prevention and/or treatment of allergic conditions
AssigneeThe Victoria University of Manchester
InventorsDavid R. Garrod, Clive Robinson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of an inhibitor of cysteine proteinase activity in conjunction with an inhibitor of any serine proteinase activity other than trypsin for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of a condition in which an allergen traverses an epithelial barrier such as asthma. Also included in the invention are formulations and kits containing serine and cysteine proteinase inhibitors and their use in the prevention or treatment of conditions in which an allergen traverses an epithelial barrier.
Claims7
A method of treating a subject for the prevention or treatment of an allergic condition in which an allergen traverses an epithelial barrier comprising administering Lo the subject e therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of cysteine proteinase activity in conjunction with an inhibitor of serine proteinase activity.
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