Patent ID: 7413728
Filing Date: 2008-08-19
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for treating an autoimmune disease or an autoimmune disorder comprising administering an effective amount of a composition comprising a whole cell of a bacterium from one or more of the genera Rhodococcus, Gordonia, Nocardia, Dietzia, Tsukamurella and Nocardioides to a subject wherein said composition modulates a cellular immune response, and wherein the autoimmune disease or autoimmune disorder involves inflammation of the intima of a blood vessel and is a vascular disorder selected from the group consisting of atheroma formation (otherwise known as arteriosclerosis), myointimal hyperplasia (natural or following angioplasty), inflammatory and autoimmune thickening of the intema and/or muscular layer of blood vessels and myocarditis.