Use of lipid conjugates in the treatment of diseases
View Patent ↗The invention provides a method for treating a subject suffering from an intestinal disease, including, inter alia, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, immuno-inflammatory intestinal injury, drug-induced enteropathy and ischemia-induced intestinal injury. This invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating a subject suffering from an intestinal disease, including, inter alia, a lipid or phospholipid moiety bonded to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
1. A method of treating a subject suffering from an intestinal disease, comprising the step of administering to said subject an effective amount of a lipid or phospholipid moiety bonded via an amide or ester linkage to a glycosaminoglycan, thereby treating said subject suffering from said intestinal disease.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said intestinal disease is Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, immuno-inflammatory intestinal injury, drug-induced enteropathy, ischemia-induced intestinal injury or any combination thereof.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said phospholipid moiety is phosphatidylethanolamine.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said lipid or phospholipid moiety bonded to a glycoaminoglycan is administered as part of a pharmaceutical composition.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said glycosaminoglycan is hyaluronic acid.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said glycosaminoglycan is heparin.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said glycosaminoglycan is chondroitin sulfate.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said chondroitin sulfate is chondrotin-6-sulfate, chondroitin-4-sulfate, or a derivative thereof.
9. The method of claim 3 , wherein said phosphatidylethanolamine is dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine.
10. The method of claim 3 , wherein said phosphatidylethanolamine is dipalmitoyl phosphatidylethanolamine.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said intestinal disease is immuno-inflammatory intestinal injury.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said intestinal disease is Crohn's disease.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said intestinal disease is ulcerative colitis.