Treatment and diagnosis of inflammatory disorders and HIV
View Patent ↗This invention concerns compositions and methods of treating or diagnosing inflammatory disorders and other disorders, as well as compositions and methods of treating HIV.
1. A method of treating an inflammatory autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis consisting essentially of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a leukotoxin consisting essentially of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the inflammatory autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by activation of leukocytes that express upregulated and activated leukocyte function antigen (LFA-1) on their surface to which the leukotoxin specifically binds.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the leukotoxin is prepared from Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.