| abstract |
The present invention includes a composition and method for controlling an immune response in a host to a pathogenic bacterial infection comprising: identifying a subject in need of treatment for infection with a pathogenic bacteria; and providing a composition comprising recombinant Cystatin 9 (CST9), a cystatin C (CSTC), or both CST9 and CSTC, in an amount sufficient to restrain or prevent a life-threatening, unrestrained systemic inflammatory response syndrome in a host against a pathogenic bacteria. |