Therapeutic inhibitor of vascular smooth muscle cells
First Claim
1. A therapeutic method comprising inhibiting stenosis or restenosis of a blood vessel by administering to a mammal an effective amount of taxol or a structural analog thereof.
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Abstract
Methods are provided for inhibiting stenosis following vascular trauma or disease in a mammalian host, comprising administering to the host a therapeutically effective dosage of a therapeutic conjugate containing a vascular smooth muscle binding protein that associates in a specific manner with a cell surface of the vascular smooth muscle cell, coupled to a therapeutic agent dosage form that inhibits a cellular activity of the muscle cell. Methods are also provided for the direct and/or targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to vascular smooth muscle cells that cause a dilation and fixation of the vascular lumen by inhibiting smooth muscle cell contraction, thereby constituting a biological stent. Also discussed are mechanisms for in vivo vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation modulation, agents that impact those mechanisms and protocols for the use of those agents.
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28 Claims
- 1. A therapeutic method comprising inhibiting stenosis or restenosis of a blood vessel by administering to a mammal an effective amount of taxol or a structural analog thereof.
- 13. A method for biologically stenting a mammalian blood vessel which is subjected to procedural vascular trauma, which method comprises administering to the blood vessel an amount of taxol or a structural analog thereof effective to biologically stent the vessel.
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21. A therapeutic method comprising:
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(a) administering to a blood vessel of a mammal traumatized by a surgical procedure an amount of taxol or a structural analog thereof effective to biologically stent the vessel; and (b) administering an amount of a sustained release dosage form comprising an amount of a cytostatic agent effective to inhibit proliferation of the cells of the vessel caused by said procedure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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