TREATMENT MODALITIES TO PREVENT OR TREAT LOSS OF CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION IN AGING HUMANS

摘要

Provided herein are methods for treating, preventing or reducing age related vascular stiffness and impaired cardiovascular function in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutic amount of IL-10 or an IL-10 agonist or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also included herein are methods for determining whether a biologically active agent can treat, prevent or reduce age related vascular stiffness and impaired cardiovascular function using an in vitro model in a IL-10 knockout IL-10(tm/tm) mouse which lacks IL-10 function.