METHOD FOR SELECTING CATIONIC OR ANIONIC LIPOSOMES FOR TREATMENT OF A MUCOSA MEMBRANE, AND KIT COMPRISING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention is based on the use of electrical surface charge as a docking tool to bring charged lipid assemblies in the vicinity of a diseased, e.g. inflamed epithelium of the mucosa, or alternatively, to a normal epithelium, for executing a desired medical procedure. Thus, the present invention provides a method for selecting a medicament for a medical procedure has now been designed. The medical procedure is selected from treatment, for the healing of a disease or disorder of a mucosa, prophylaxis of a disease or disorder or a mucosa, or a combination of same. The method steps are based on the observation that there are differences in the attachment properties of charged lipid assemblies, such as liposomes, when examined in healthy or inflamed mucosal tissues. The invention also provides a kit making use of the method of the invention. Yet, the invention concerns a method and a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder of the gastrointestinal mucosa, as well as the use of charged lipid assemblies for obtaining said medicament, based on the principles of the differential adhesion of positively vs. negatively charged lipid assemblies to healthy and diseased mucosa, respectively.