USE OF A PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT IN THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF AN INFLAMMATION-ASSOCIATED DISORDER IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF A MAMMAL

摘要

The present invention relates generally to the field of Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and more particularly to the use of a photosensitizing agent for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of an inflammation-associated disorder in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal, wherein the expression of pro-inflammatory markers in a tissue of said gastrointestinal tract is decreased after administering said photosensitizing agent to said tissue and exposing said tissue to a light having a wavelength absorbed by said photosensitizing agent.