| abstract |
The present invention relates to methods useful for the treatment or prevention of disease-related wasting. The methods of the invention comprise the administration of an effective amount of a JNK Inhibitor. In one embodiment, the disease is HIV, AIDS, cancer, end-stage renal disease, kidney failure, chronic heart disease, obstructive pulmonary disease or tuberculosis. The methods can further comprise the administration of a therapeutic or prophylactic agent useful for the treatment or prevention of HIV, AIDS, cancer, end-stage renal disease, kidney failure, chronic heart disease, obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic infectious diseases (e.g., osteoarthritis and bacterial endocarditis), chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g., scleroderma and mixed connective tissue disease) or tuberculosis. |