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CD40 antagonists are used to prepare compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, for treating autoimmune and neoplastic diseases in a mammal. The CD40 antagonist compositions are useful for reversing or substantially diminishing such autoimmune diseases as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.
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Generally, the method for characterizing the efficacy of an agent targeting a primary cystic fibrosis defect comprises measuring a change in the status of lung infection in a sample population of subjects administered the agent in comparison to a control sample population of subjects; wherein the subjects in the sample population and the control sample population have the primary cystic fibrosis defect and are uninfected before the agent is administered; wherein a beneficial change in the presence of lung infection in the sample population in comparison to the control sample population is indicative of a treatment effect; and wherein the agent lacks intrinsic antibiotic activity.
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Methods for treating multiple sclerosis (MS) and clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of MS are provided. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective dose of interferon-beta (IFN-beta) to a subject in need thereof, where the dose is administered intramuscularly with a dosing frequency of two- to three-times per week.