申请人:GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
公开号:US20010041171A1
公开(公告)日:2001-11-15
The present invention relates to a method of inhibiting a toxin in an animal, such as a human, by administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of a polymer having a plurality of pendant acid functional groups which are directly attached to the polymer backbone or attached to the polymer backbone by a spacer group. The spacer group can have a length in the range from 0 to about 20 atoms. The toxin is, typically, an exotoxin secreted by a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium.
本发明涉及一种通过向动物(例如人类)施用具有多个挂链酸性官能团的聚合物的治疗有效量来抑制动物中毒素的方法。这些酸性官能团可以直接连接到聚合物骨架上,也可以通过一个间隔基团连接到聚合物骨架上。间隔基团的长度可以在0到约20个原子的范围内。毒素通常是由病原微生物(例如细菌)分泌的外毒素。