Use of a RAR antagonist or inverse agonist for the treatment of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy side effects
申请人:Chandraratna Roshantha A.
公开号:US09271946B2
公开(公告)日:2016-03-01
A method for treating chemo therapy or radiation therapy side effects in a mammal undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy, the method comprising a step of administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a RAR antagonist or RAR inverse agonist which binds to receptors of the RARα, RARβ and RARγ subtypes is disclosed. Such side effects include chemoradiotherapy-induced alopecia, chemoradiotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia, chemoradiotherapy-induced leucopenia and chemoradiotherapy-induced neutropenia.
本发明涉及一种治疗哺乳动物在进行化疗和/或放疗时的化疗或放疗副作用的方法,该方法包括向哺乳动物施用治疗有效量的RAR拮抗剂或RAR反向激动剂,其结合RARα、RARβ和RARγ亚型的受体。此类副作用包括化疗放疗诱导的脱发、化疗放疗诱导的血小板减少、化疗放疗诱导的白细胞减少和化疗放疗诱导的中性粒细胞减少。