It has now been discovered that inhibitors of soluble epoxide hydrolase (“sEH”) are useful in reducing the severity of or inhibiting the progression of obstructive pulmonary diseases, restrictive airway diseases, and asthma. Administering a cis-epoxyeicosantrienoic acid (“EET”) in addition to the inhibitor is at least additive, and may be synergistic, in reducing or inhibiting these conditions and diseases, as measured by reduced numbers of neutrophils present in the lung. The inhibitor of sEH may be a nucleic acid, such as a small interfering RNA.
现在已经发现,可溶性环氧酰胺
水解酶(“sEH”)的
抑制剂对于减轻或抑制阻塞性肺疾病、限制性气道疾病和哮喘的严重程度是有用的。在
抑制剂的基础上给予顺式环氧二十碳五烯酸(“EET”)至少是具有相加作用的,并且可能具有协同作用,可通过减少肺部中嗜中性粒细胞数量来减轻或抑制这些状况和疾病。sEH的
抑制剂可能是核酸,例如小干扰RNA。