Inventors:
Jonathan A. Epstein - Radnor PA, US
Reynold Panettieri - Bensalem PA, US
International Classification:
A61K 31/573, A61K 31/167, A61K 31/46, A61P 11/06, A61P 11/08, A61P 11/00, A61P 11/14, A61K 31/165, A61K 31/522
US Classification:
514171, 514575, 514304, 51426334
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for dilating the bronchi or bronchioles and relaxing a pulmonary smooth muscle in a subject by treating the subject with a pharmaceutical composition, which includes a Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor. The ability to dilate the bronchi or bronchioles and relax a pulmonary smooth muscle according to the methods of the invention allows treating, alleviating, or inhibiting bronchoconstrictive diseases or disorders and symptoms associated or derived from bronchoconstrictive diseases.