RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER;AN, HOWARD
发明人:
MASUDA, KOICHI,THONAR, EUGENE J-M.A.,AN, HOWARD
申请号:
CA2346375
公开号:
CA2346375C
申请日:
1999.07.30
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of treatment for a mammal in need ofchemonucleolysis. The method comprising the administration of an effectiveproteoglycan cleaving amount of a proteoglycan-degrading enzyme and aneffective amount of a growth factor effective in promoting the synthesis of amatrix component. The proteoglycan-degrading enzyme is preferablychondroitinase. The growth factor is preferably osteogenic protein. Theproteoglycan-degrading enzyme and the growth factor are preferablyadministered simultaneously.