Methods of inhibiting ectopic calcification

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A61K 38/19 (2006.01) A61K 35/14 (2006.01) A61K 38/00 (2006.01) A61K 38/16 (2006.01) A61K 38/17 (2006.01) A61K 38/18 (2006.01) A61K 38/22 (2006.01) A61P 3/00 (2006.01) A61P 9/08 (2006.01) A61P 9/10 (2006.01) A61P 13/10 (2006.01) A61P 13/12 (2006.01) A61P 43/00 (2006.01) C07K 1/00 (2006.01) C07K 14/00 (2006.01) C07K 17/00 (2006.01) C07K 14/47 (2006.01)

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CA 2354189

The invention provides a method of inhibiting ectopic calcification in an individual. The method consists of administratering to the invidual a therapeutically effective amount of osteopontin or a functional fragment thereof. The invention also provides a method of treating or inhibiting ectopic calcification by administering to an individual acid- producing cells targeted to the site of ectopic calcification. The invention further provides a method of treating a inhibiting ectopic calcification in an individual consisting of promoting recruitement of acid producing cells to a site of ectopic calcification by administering osteopontin. The invention also provides a method of treating or inhibiting ectopic calcification in an individual consisting of increasing expression of carbonic anhydrase II at a site of ectopic calcification by administering osteopontin.

La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant d'inhiber la calcification ectopique chez un individu. Le procédé consiste à administrer à l'individu une quantité efficace du point de vue thérapeutique d'ostéopontine ou d'un fragment fonctionnel d'ostéopontine. Cette invention concerne également un procédé utilisé pour traiter ou pour inhiber la calcification ectopique au moyen de l'administration à un individu de cellules produisant de l'acide ciblées sur le site de la calcification ectopique; un procédé de traitement ou d'inhibition de la calcification ectopique chez un individu qui consiste à favoriser le recrutement de cellules productrices d'acide destinées à un site de calcification ectopique par administration d'ostéopontine; et un procédé permettant de traiter ou d'inhiber chez un individu la calcification ectopique qui consiste à accroître l'expression de l'anhydrase carbonique II au niveau d'un site de calcification ectopique par administration d'ostéopontine.

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