-20 USE OF IL-20 ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS

摘要

The present invention features methods and compositions for preventing or treating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis by administering an antagonist of IL-20. An IL-20 antagonist may be an anti-IL-20 antibody, such as mAB 7E, which is capable of binding to human IL-20 and blocking the interaction of IL-20 with its receptor.