In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a new class of drugs for therapeutic treatment of such indications as cerebral stroke and other ischemia/reperfusion injury. Thus, in accordance with the present invention, dithiocarbamates are linked to the surface of a non-immunogenic, non-targeting macromolecule other than an antibody (e.g., albumin protein) either by using cross-linking reagents or by nonspecific binding to produce polydithiocarbamate-macromolecule-containing compositions, which represent a new class of drugs for therapeutic treatment of such indications as cerebral stroke and other ischemia/reperfusion injury. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, combinational therapeutic methods have been developed for the in vivo inactivation or inhibition of formation (either directly or indirectly) of species which induce the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase, as well as reducing nitric oxide levels produced as a result of .NO synthase expression. In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention, magnetic resonance imaging methods have been developed for the measurement of cerebral and cardiac blood flow and infarct volume in ischemic stroke or heart attack situations. Such methods employ iron-containing complexes of a composition comprising a dithiocarbamate and a non-immunogenic, non-targeting macromolecule other than an antibody as contrast agents.
根据本发明,提供了一类新药,用于治疗脑中风和其他缺血/再灌注损伤等适应症。因此,根据本发明,二
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氨基甲酸盐通过使用交联试剂或通过非特异性结合与
抗体以外的非免疫原性、非靶向性大分子(如白蛋白蛋白)的表面相连,以产生含有多二
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氨基甲酸盐-大分子的组合物,该组合物代表了一类用于治疗脑卒中和其他缺血/再灌注损伤等适应症的新药。根据本发明的另一个方面,已开发出组合治疗方法,用于体内灭活或抑制(直接或间接)形成诱导性
一氧化氮合酶表达的物种,以及降低因.NO合酶表达而产生的
一氧化氮水平。根据本发明的另一个方面,已经开发出磁共振成像方法,用于测量缺血性中风或心脏病发作情况下的大脑和心脏血流量以及梗塞体积。这种方法采用由二
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氨基甲酸盐和
抗体以外的非免疫原性、非靶向性大分子组成的含
铁复合物作为造影剂。