Treatment of Dermatological Pathologies
Skin inflammation in a human subject is reduced by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition that includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that selectively binds IL-1α.
1 . A method of reducing skin inflammation in a human subject, the method comprising the step of administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and an amount of an agent that selectively binds IL-1α effective to reduce skin inflammation in the subject.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the agent is an anti-IL-1α antibody.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the anti-IL-1α antibody is a monoclonal antibody.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the monoclonal antibody is an IgG1.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the monoclonal antibody comprises a complementarity determining region of MABp1.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the monoclonal antibody is MABp1.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the skin inflammation is associated with acne vulgaris.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the skin inflammation is associated with psoriasis vulgaris.