DURECT Corporation
USE OF OXYGENATED CHOLESTEROL SULFATES (OCS) TO TREAT INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE AND SKIN LESIONS

Abstract:

Methods of treating and prophylactically treating inflammatory skin diseases and skin lesions are provided. For instance, the methods may involve contacting the skin with an oxygenated cholesterol sulfate (OCS), e.g. 5-cholesten-3, 25-diol, 3-sulfate (25HC3S) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.