METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE INVOLVING IL-13 AND NKT CELLS

摘要

The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing the inflammatory response of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a substance that inhibits the binding of IL- 13 to IL- 13 receptors on NKT cells or delivers an effector molecule to the NKT cells.