May 10 (Reuters) - Cantargia AB CANTA.ST :
* CANTARGIA PRESENTS NEW PRECLINICAL DATA SHOWING UNIQUE
IMPROVEMENT OF HEART FUNCTION IN MYOCARDITIS USING ANTIBODY
CAN10
* DATA DEMONSTRATE THAT INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ACCESSORY
PROTEIN
(IL1RAP)-BINDING ANTIBODY CAN10 REDUCES INFLAMMATION AND/OR
FIBROSIS IN SEVERAL DISEASE MODELS INCLUDING MYOCARDITIS
* CAN10, WHICH BLOCKS SIGNALING OF IL-1, IL-33 AND IL-36,
COUNTERACTED DETERIORATION OF CARDIAC FUNCTION MORE POTENTLY
THAN BLOCKADE OF IL-1 SIGNALING ONLY
* RESULTS SUGGEST POTENT CLINICAL EFFECT CAN BE ACHIEVED IN
INFLAMMATORY DISEASE BY SIMULTANEOUS BLOCKADE OF IL-1, IL-33 AND
IL-36 WITH CAN10
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