METHODS FOR TREATING ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE, ALCOHOL-INDUCED BRAIN INJURY AND REDUCING ALCOHOL ADDICTION
申请人:The Regents of the University of California
公开号:US20210017268A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-21
In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for reducing addiction to alcohol, and for ameliorating, reversing, treating or preventing Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD), or alcohol-induced brain injury, wherein optionally the alcohol-induced brain injury comprises neuronal death and astrogliosis (reducing alcohol-induced neuronal death and astrogliosis). In alternative embodiments, provided methods for administering to the individual in need thereof a compound or composition capable of inhibiting or decreasing the expression or activity of an IL-17 or IL-17 receptor (IL-17R) or RORγt protein, transcript and/or gene to treat or for use in: reducing addiction to alcohol; or ameliorating, reversing, treating or preventing Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) or alcohol-induced brain injury; or, inhibiting ROR γt to effectively block production of IL-17 cytokines and attenuate development of alcohol-induced liver fibrosis and brain damage.