摘要:
Provided herein are methods for treating, preventing or reducing age related vascular stiffness and impaired cardiovascular function in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutic amount of IL-10 or an IL-10 agonist or pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also included herein are methods for determining whether a biologically active agent can treat, prevent or reduce age related vascular stiffness and impaired cardiovascular function using an in vitro model in a IL-10 knockout IL-10(tm/tm) mouse which lacks IL-10 function.