Method for treating pulmonary disease states in mammals by altering indigenous in vivo levels of nitric oxide
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The present invention pertains to a method for treating a pulmonary disease state in mammals by altering indigenous in vivo levels of nitric oxide in mammalian cells. The method comprises contacting the mammalian cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a nitric oxide mediator selected from the group consisting of pyruvates, pyruvate precursors, .alpha.-keto acids having four or more carbon atoms, precursors of .alpha.-keto acids having four or more carbon atoms, and the salts thereof. The method further comprises contacting the mammalian cells with a therapeutic agent and a nitric oxide source selected from the group consisting of nitric oxide, nitric oxide precursors, and nitric oxide stimulators. In another embodiment, the method comprises treating a pulmonary disease state in mammals by protecting indigenous in vivo levels of nitric oxide in mammalian cells during ozone inhalation by contacting the mammalian cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a nitric oxide mediator.
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