Treatment of obstructive airway disease by administering thymosin beta 4, or coadministration of thymosin beta 4 and dnase i

摘要

A method of treating obstructive airway disease (OAD) such as cystic fibrosis involves contacting OAD sputum with a viscoelasticity-reducing amount of Thymosin beta 4, or a combination of Thymosin beta 4 and DNase I.