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Described herein is the discovery that HGFs activate the growth and migration of lymphatic endothelial cells and thereby promote lymphangiogenesis. The present invention is based on this finding, and provides lymphangiogenesis-promoting agents comprising as active ingredients HGFs, or proteins or compounds functionally equivalent thereto. Based on the finding described above, the present invention also provides methods for promoting lymphangiogenesis which comprise the step of locally administering HGFs or proteins functionally equivalent thereto to affected areas in patients with lymphedema.
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Double-stranded oligonucleotides useful as decoy oligonucleotides having a high binding ability to a transcription factor and having a reduced cytotoxicity are disclosed. Each of the double-stranded oligonucleotides is formed by hybridization of a sense strand oligonucleotide of the following Formula A: 5 ′ - N m - G - Consensus Sequence - C - N n - 3 ′ (wherein N(m) is a flanking sequence at the 5'-end, and represents that "N"(s) in the number of m is(are) ligated; N(n) is a flanking sequence at the 3'-end, and represents that "N"(s) in the number of m is(are) ligated; all "N"(s) each independently represent(s) nucleotide A, G, T, C or U; m and n represent each independently an integer of 0 to 20; and Consensus Sequence represents a consensus sequence to which a transcription factor binds) and an antisense strand oligonucleotide complementary to said sense strand oligonucleotide.
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Described herein are methods and compositions for inhibiting, treating and reversing intervertebral disc disorders using transcription factor inhibitors. In certain embodiments, the transcription factor inhibitor targets the transcription factor NF-ϰB. Also described are methods and compositions where intervertebral disc disorder is reversed using a decoy oligodeoxy-nucleotide that blocks NF-ϰB.
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The present invention provides a prophylactic/therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease comprising a substance that inhibits the action of β-amyloid 1-40 to suppress vascular endothelial precursor cell differentiation and/or endothelial precursor differentiation from stem cells and/or a substance that promotes vascularization as an active ingredient. The present invention also provides a screening method for a substance that inhibits the action of β-amyloid 1-40 to suppress vascular endothelial precursor cell differentiation and/or endothelial precursor differentiation from stem cells and/or a substance that promotes vascularization.
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The present invention provides a medicament comprising a gene encoding an angiogenic cytokine for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), idiopathic cardiomyopathy (ICM), dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) or heart failure, to be given in combination with ventricular assist device (VAD).
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The present invention provides highly useful clinical methods for treating skin disorders, particularly intractable skin disorders. Specifically, the methods comprise injecting/subcutaneously introducing a 10 µg to 10 mg dose of a polynucleotide, such as a DNA, oligonucleotide, RNA, siRNA, and antisense, around a lesion associated with a skin disorder, such as a wound, cutaneous ulcer, or psoriasis, using a needleless syringe that injects a pharmaceutical liquid by using gas pressure or the elastic force of an elastic member to drive a piston.
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A pharmaceutical composition for treating and preventing diseases, disorders and/or conditions of airway inflammation, airway stenosis or nasal cavity inflammation caused by the expression of a gene regulated by NF-kappaB which contains an NF-kappaB decoy and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The above diseases may be asthma, COPD or rhinitis. Moreover, the above diseases may be diseases caused by an eosinophil abnormality (for example, asthma, rhinitis and COPD). The pharmaceutically acceptable carrier may be a hydrophilic polymer, a liposome and so on.
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The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation used for transfecting a chemotherapeutic agent, preferably an anticancer agent by a virus envelope vector into a cell or living organism. The pharmaceutical preparation comprises, as an active ingredient, a virus envelope vector having a chemotherapeutic agent incorporated therein. The anticancer agent includes, for example, bleomycin and derivatives thereof, anthraquinone-based cancerocidal agents, mitomycin and derivatives thereof, actinomycin and derivatives thereof, taxane derivatives, camptothecin and derivatives thereof, cisplatin and derivatives thereof, staurosporine and derivatives thereof, vincristine, streptozotocin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and derivatives thereof, viralbicin, dolastatin, and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof. The virus includes, for example, Sendai virus, retrovirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, herpes virus, vaccinia virus, poxvirus, influenza virus etc.
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The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation for hearing impairment, which is suitable for gene therapy of hearing impairment, that is, a pharmaceutical preparation for hearing impairment which comprises a virus envelope vector encapsulating a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene or its plasmid as an active ingredient. Particularly, it is suitable as a pharmaceutical preparation for gene therapy for the purpose of prevention and treatment of deafness.
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The object of the present invention is to provide a method of efficient delivery into a brain and central nervous system, and to provide a method of efficient delivery with a viral envelope. The present invention provides a system for introducing a biomolecule into a cell comprising A) a biomolecule; B) a viral envelope; and C) glycosaminoglycan. Further, the present invention provides a method for delivering a biomolecule into a brain, comprising the steps of: A) transiently closing an artery of the head portion or cervical portion; and B) introducing a biomolecule into the brain during the closing of the artery of the head portion or the cervical portion.