Use of heat shock proteins or a nucleic acid molecule encoding thereof, preparation containing these compounds, method of selecting therapy for treating hypersensitivity or passage insufficiency of airways

摘要

This invention relates to a method to protect a mammal from a disease associated with an inflammatory response, and in particular, from an inflammatory disease characterized by eosinophilia, airway hyperresponsiveness and/or a Th2-type immune response. The method includes administration of a heat shock protein to a mammal having such a disease. Formulations useful in the present method are also disclosed.