Treating diseases mediated by metalloprotease-shed proteins

摘要

This invention relates to the identification of membrane-associated proteins shed by metalloproteinases and in particular by TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE), to the use of such metalloproteinase-shed proteins in assays for TACE agonists and antagonists, and to the use of metalloproteinase agonists and antagonists, and particularly TACE agonists and antagonists, in the treatment of diseases mediated by certain shed proteins.