Patent ID: 8759298

Claim:
A method for reducing corneal inflammation, or promoting epithelial wound healing in the eye, or reducing photoreceptor degeneration, or a combination thereof in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition that comprises an isolated polypeptide comprising a domain comprising a stanniocalcin family member polypeptide, wherein the stanniocalcin family member polypeptide is a STC-1 polypeptide that has at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO:10, or SEQ ID NO:11.