| abstract |
The invention described herein pertains to folate-receptor targeted agents comprising therapeutic agents useful for the treatment of inflammatory disease, including folate-receptor targeted liposomes (folate-targeted liposomes) containing entrapped therapeutic agents and folate-receptor targeted dendrimers conjugated to therapeutic agents (folate-targeted dendrimer conjugates), useful for the treatment of inflammatory disease, including auto-immune disease, as well as to folate-targeted liposomes containing entrapped imaging agents and dendrimer conjugates conjugated to imaging agents, for use in the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment in such disease. |