Abstract: Compositions comprising one or more cytokines and methods for their use in inhibiting and/or alleviating effects of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy and/or acute radiation syndrome in a subject in need thereof are provided.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating and alleviating symptoms of irradiation injuries, therapeutic radiation intervention and/or anti-cancer therapies in a subject via pulmonary airway administration of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or a compound with similar affinity to the specific alveolar GM-CSF receptor to enhance pulmonary host defense are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for enhancing or inducing airway epithelial repair and/or regeneration and/or for the normalization of airway epithelial remodeling, using local deposition of one or more pro-regenerative factors, preferably a peptide or protein from the trefoil family factor (TFF) family. The pro-regenerative factor is administered to a patient as a treatment of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, Cystic fibrosis, Asthma, Bronchiectasis, Panbronchiolitis, pneumonia, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP), community acquired pneumonia (CAP), severe community acquired pneumonia (sCAP) and pneumocystis carinii or to patients suffering from lung damage reducing the function of the mucociliary transport system based on fully functioning cilia secondary to, e.g. inhalation of toxic fumes. The present invention also provide therapy and or prophylactic or preemptive, i.e.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the local pulmonary treatment of lung metastases and/or primary lung cancer, such as squamous lung cancer and/or small cell lung cancer, using local deposition of one or more agents capable of inhibiting angiogenesis and/or an agent that acts as an active anti-cancer agent and/or an active anti-metastatic agent. The agent capable of inhibiting angiogenesis and/or which acts as an active anti-cancer agent and/or an active anti-metastatic agent is administered to a patient with cancer as a treatment of said metastasis and/or cancer or to extend the lifespan for said cancer patient with reduced systemic side-effects compared to other treatment forms. The agent capable of inhibiting angiogenesis and/or which acts as an active anti-cancer agent and/or an active anti-metastatic agent is administered intratracheal, intrabronchial, intraalveolar or broncioalveolar.