| 20100287636 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING INDUCIBLE T CELL KINASE (ITK) AND TREATING ASTHMA AND BRONCHIAL INFLAMMATIONS - The invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of asthma and bronchial inflammation, e.g., as induced by an allergen or toxin. In one aspect, the invention provides inhibitors of “Inducible T Cell Kinase” (ITK) polypeptides and methods of making and using them, e.g., as agents and pharmaceutical compositions to treat asthma. In one aspect, the invention is directed to ITK protein expression and/or activity inhibitors. In one aspect, these ITK protein expression and/or activity inhibitors are used with targeting agents. In one aspect, the ITK protein inhibitors of the invention are used to treat asthma. In one aspect, the invention is directed to ITK protein inhibitors as chimeric proteins comprising fragments or altered or truncated forms of ITK protein, or equivalent. In other aspects ITK protein is joined or fused to another moiety (e.g., a targeting domain) or to an antibiotic. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the ITK protein inhibitors of the invention, and methods of making and using them, including methods for ameliorating or preventing asthma. The invention also provides compositions for transfecting cells with nucleic acids acting as ITK protein inhibitors and/or the chimeric ITK protein inhibitors polypeptides of the invention. | 11-11-2010 |
