USE OF PROTEIN TYROSINE INHIBITOR SUCH AS GENISTEIN IN TREATING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY OR OCULAR INFLAMMATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for prophylactically and therapeutically treating diabetic retinopathy and a method for prophylactically and therapeutically treating ocular inflammation. SOLUTION: Administration of an inhibitor of the protein tyrosine kinase pathway to an animal (e.g. a mammal, particularly a human) in an amount sufficient to treat diabetic retinopathy or ocular inflammation is provided. The inhibitor of the protein tyrosine kinase pathway is preferably genistein or an analogue or prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of any of the foregoing. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT