METHOD FOR PROVIDING OCULAR NEUROPROTECTION OR FOR PREVENTING, TREATING OR ALLEVIATING THE EFFECTS OF, AN OCULAR DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH RETINAL GANGLION CELL DEATH

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for providing ocular neuroprotection or for preventing, treating or alleviating the effects of, an ocular disease associated with retinal ganglion cell death in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a recombinant P-selectin immunoglobin G (P-sel-IgG) chimeric fusion protein, or a composition comprising the protein and a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, vehicle, or carrier.