摘要 |
A method of treating mucus hypersecretion, the causative factor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and other clinical conditions involving COPD, comprises administering a compound that inhibits exocytosis in mucus secreting cells or neurones that control or direct mucus secretion. Also described is a compound, for use in the treatment of hypersecretion of mucus, which inhibits mucus secretion by inhibiting mucus secretion by mucus secreting cells, and/or inhibiting neurotransmitter release from neuronal cells controlling or directing mucus secretion.
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申请人 |
MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AUTHORITY;QUINN, CONRAD, PADRAIG;FOSTER, KEITH, ALAN;CHADDOCK, JOHN, ANDREW |
发明人 |
QUINN, CONRAD, PADRAIG;FOSTER, KEITH, ALAN;CHADDOCK, JOHN, ANDREW |