abstract |
The invention relates to medicinally used substances which specifically inhibit peptidases splitting Gly-Pro-p-nitroanilide. The invention further relates to the use of at least one such substance or at least one pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition containing at least one such substance for preventing and treating diseases, particularly diseases with an overshooting immune response (autoimmune diseases, allergies, and transplant rejections), other chronic inflammatory diseases, neuronal diseases, brain damages, skin diseases (acne and psoriasis, among others), tumor diseases, and special viral infections (including SARS). |