SILICON-CONTAINING BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL FOR ANTI-INFLAMMATORY THERAPY

The present invention relates to the field of silicon-containing materials for treating certain inflammatory diseases. In particular, the invention provides a silicon-containing, biodegradable material for preventing and/or treating diseases that are associated with increased interleukin-1.beta. and/or interleukin-6 and/or interleukin-8 activity and/or that can be treated by lowering said cytokine activity, wherein the silicon-containing, biodegradable material is a polyhydroxysilicic acid ethyl ester compound of the general formula H[OSigO12(OH)x(OC2H5)6-x]n OH, in which x stands for 2 to 5 and n > 1, and wherein the diseases are as defined herein. La présente invention concerne un matériau biologiquement dégradable contenant du silicium destiné à la prophylaxie et/ou au traitement de maladies qui sont associées à une activité accrue de l'interleukine 1ß et/ou de l'interleukine 6 et/ou de l'interleukine 8 et/ou qui peuvent être traitées par une diminution de l'activité d'une telle cytokine ou de telles cytokines.