ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-ADHESIVE FACTORS

摘要

The present invention relates generally to a method for interfering with various activities of blood cells in a mammal and thereby inhibiting, reducing or otherwise controlling an inflammatory response and/or reducing, preventing and/or inhibiting the adhesion of blood cells to endothelial cells. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions useful in such a method comprising granule membrane protein (GMP) 140 and/or its derivatives and like proteins.