Kang, Tae-Bong,Kim, Jin Chul,Wallach, David,Kovalenko, Andrei
申请号:
AU2006305550
公开号:
AU2006305550B2
申请日:
2006.10.16
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
The invention relates to the treatment or prevention of an inflammatory skin disease, disorder or condition, by modulating a protein that is normally regulated by caspase-8 in the skin or by increasing caspase-8 activity or level in the skin. Another aspect of the invention relates to methods for diagnosing an inflammatory skin disease, disorder or condition or a predisposition to develop said disease disorder or condition in an individual. Further aspects of the invention relate to methods for identifying target proteins involved in the course or pathology of an inflammatory skin disease, disorder or condition and to methods of screening a candidate compound for treating said disease, disorder or condition. In particular, the invention relates to inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis.