Gap junction-enhancing agents for treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis and inflammatory bowel disease
申请人:University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
公开号:US10172848B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-08
The present invention relates to methods of reducing the risk of occurrence of, and/or treating, necrotizing enterocolitis (“NEC”) or inflammatory bowel disease (“IBD”) comprising administering, to a subject in need of such treatment, an effective amount of a gap junction enhancing agent (“GJEA”), for example a peptide (“GJP”) or peptide analog (“GJPA”). It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that greater functionality of gap junctions between enterocytes increases their rate of migration and reduces the severity of intestinal inflammation.
本发明涉及降低坏死性小肠结肠炎("NEC")或炎症性肠病("IBD")发生风险和/或治疗坏死性小肠结肠炎("NEC")或炎症性肠病("IBD")的方法,包括向需要此类治疗的受试者施用有效量的间隙连接增强剂("GJEA"),例如多肽("GJP")或多肽类似物("GJPA")。它至少部分是基于这样的发现:肠细胞之间的间隙连接功能增强,可提高肠细胞的迁移率,减轻肠道炎症的严重程度。