申请人:——
公开号:US20030144234A1
公开(公告)日:2003-07-31
The invention discloses cathepsin S as a suitable target for the development of new therapeutics to treat or ameliorate chronic pain. The invention relates to methods to treat and/or ameliorate chronic pain and pharmaceutical compositions therefor comprising modulators with inhibitory effect on cathepsin S enzyme activity and/or cathepsin S gene expression. The invention also relates to a method to identify compounds with therapeutic usefulness to treat chronic pain, comprising identifying compounds that can inhibit cathepsin S activity and/or gene expression which can also reverse the pathological effects of chronic pain in vivo.
本发明披露 cathepsin S 是开发治疗或改善慢性疼痛新疗法的合适靶点。本发明涉及治疗和/或改善慢性疼痛的方法及其药物组合物,该组合物包含对 cathepsin S 酶活性和/或 cathepsin S 基因表达具有抑制作用的调节剂。本发明还涉及一种鉴定对治疗慢性疼痛有治疗作用的化合物的方法,包括鉴定能抑制酪蛋白酶 S 活性和/或基因表达的化合物,这些化合物还能逆转体内慢性疼痛的病理效应。