Use of a compound for reducing the biological effectiveness of il-6
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Abstract
Use of a compound comprising at least a structural entity which binds or is an antagonist for interleukin-6 (IL-6) and/or the IL-6 receptor or parts of it, preferably human IL-6 which compound depletes IL-6 from a solution or blocks at least one or more IL-6 functions on cell surfaces or in a solution for manufacturing of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of diseases selected from the group consisting of endothelial injury, destruction, increased risk for endothelial injury or destruction or immune disorders other than rheumatoid arthritis and combinations thereof.
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- Use of a compound comprising at least a structural entity which binds or is an antagonist for interleukin-6 (IL-6) and/or the IL-6 receptor or parts of it, preferably human IL-6 which compound depletes IL-6 from a solution or blocks at least one or more IL-6 functions on cell surfaces or in a solution for manufacturing of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of diseases selected from the group consisting of endothelial injury, destruction, increased risk for endothelial injury or destruction or immune disorders other than rheumatoid arthritis and combinations thereof, wherein endothelial injury, destruction, increased risk for endothelial injury or destruction is a disorder selected from the group consisting of stroke, cardiac infarction, avoidance of sudden cardiac death, atherosclerosis, with unstable angina, acute liver failure, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) or the immune disorder is selected from the group consisting of leukemic persons after irradiation, allograft transplant rejection or xeno-transplant rejection and induction of allo-transplant or xeno-transplant tolerance or inhibition of T cell activation, HIV infections, AIDS, autoimmune diseases, autoimmune liver disease, diabetes type I or type II, osteo arthritis, neurodegenerative diseases such as myasthenia gravis, Graves'"'"' disease, Hashimoto, dilated cardiomyopathy, diabetes mellitus, Morbus Bechterew, inflammatory bile disease, ulcerative colitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), aplastic anemia, idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDM), autoimmune thyroiditis, Goodpastures'"'"' disease, diabetic shock, or combinations thereof.
- View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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