METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY INJURY, METAPLASIA, DYSPLASIA AND CANCERS OF EPITHELIAL TISSUES

摘要

The present disclosure provides methods and formulations for treating a patient suffering from one or more of chronic inflammatory injury, metaplasia, dysplasia or cancer of an epithelial tissue, which method comprises administering to the patient an agent that selectively kills or inhibits the proliferation or differentiation of pathogenic epithelial stem cells (PESCs) relative to normal epithelial stem cells in the tissue in which the PESCs are found. Representative epithelial tissues include pulmonary, genitourinary, gastrointestinal/esophageal, pancreatic and hepatic tissues.