摘要:
A sialic acid-bonded octapeptide represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group; and R′ represents a lower alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom, is herein desclosed. The peptide chain of the sialic acid-bonded octapeptide is constituted by 8 amino acid molecules on the C-terminus side of FTS and the compounds represented by formula (I) can be obtained by bonding sialic acid to the amino terminus of the peptide chain according to condensation. These octapeptides show excellent physiological activity comparable to FTS and a half life in blood longer than that of FTS and it is expected that the affinity of the peptide to lymphocytes is also enhanced. Thus they can effectively be used as medicines for treating the lowering and abnormality of functions of the thymus.
摘要翻译:由以下通式(I)表示的唾液酸键合八肽:其中R表示氢原子或乙酰基; R min表示低级烷基,芳烷基,氢原子或碱金属原子。 唾液酸键合的八肽的肽链由FTS的C末端侧的8个氨基酸分子构成,通过将唾液酸键合到肽链的氨基末端,可以得到式(I)所示的化合物, 冷凝。 这些八肽显示与FTS相当的优异的生理活性和血液中的半衰期比FTS更长,并且预期肽对淋巴细胞的亲和力也增强。 因此,它们可以有效地用作治疗胸腺功能降低和异常的药物。
摘要:
A monoclonal antibody is disclosed that specifically recognizes an epitope or an antigenic determinant represented by the following formula and specifically reacts therewith: The monoclonal antibody can be obtained by cultivating hybridoma cells which can be generated by a method comprising fusing (A) B cells or lymphocytes obtained by immunizing an animal with a substance involving the epitope or the antigenic determinant represented by the foregoing formula with (B) myeloma cells. The monoclonal antibody shows a high specificity for ganglioside GQ 1b and ganglioside GT 1a having a specific epitope and thus can detect the epitope with a high sensitivity. Therefore, the antibody can be used for the elucidation of sugar chain's roles in cell functions and for studying the development of animals. Moreover, the monoclonal antibody has various clinical applications.
摘要:
A drug for diagnosis using a serum sample, particularly a drug for diagnosis using a serum sample for the detection of cancer containing an episialo complex carbohydrate such as epiGM₃, epiGM₄ and epiGM₅, a cancer vaccine containing the episialo complex carbohydrate, a method for diagnosis using a serum sample, particularly a diagnostic method for the prevention and therapy of cancer are disclosed.
摘要:
A drug for diagnosis using a serum sample, particularly a drug for diagnosis using a serum sample for the detection of cancer containing an episialo complex carbohydrate such as epiGM₃, epiGM₄ and epiGM₅, a cancer vaccine containing the episialo complex carbohydrate, a method for diagnosis using a serum sample, particularly a diagnostic method for the prevention and therapy of cancer are disclosed.
摘要:
A monoclonal antibody exhibits specificity to sulfated glycolipids, in particular to cerebroside sulfuric acid ester. The monoclonal antibody can be obtained from a hybridoma obtained by fusing (A) an antibody-producing cell obtained by immunizing an animal with a sulfated glycolipid as an antigen, with (B) a myeloma cell. The monoclonal antibody can be used to diagnose renal diseases of animals and treat patients suffering from such diseases. Also, it can be used in the affinity chromatography for purifying antigens capable of bonding thereto.
摘要:
A monoclonal antibody is disclosed that specifically recognizes an epitope or an antigenic determinant represented by the following formula and specifically reacts therewith: The monoclonal antibody can be obtained by cultivating hybridoma cells which can be generated by a method comprising fusing (A) B cells or lymphocytes obtained by immunizing an animal with a substance involving the epitope or the antigenic determinant represented by the foregoing formula with (B) myeloma cells. The monoclonal antibody shows a high specificity for ganglioside GQ 1b and ganglioside GT 1a having a specific epitope and thus can detect the epitope with a high sensitivity. Therefore, the antibody can be used for the elucidation of sugar chain's roles in cell functions and for studying the development of animals. Moreover, the monoclonal antibody has various clinical applications.
摘要:
A hybridoma capable of procuding a monoclonal antibody specific to a sialic acid containing glycolipid carrying N-acetylneuraminic acid residue having alpha 2--→ 3 linkage is herein disclosed. The hybridoma can be generated by fusing (i) B cells or lymphocytes obtained by immunizing an animal with a sialic acid containing glycolipid carrying N-acetylneuraminic acid residue having alpha 2--→ 3 linkage and (ii) myeloma cells. The monoclonal antibody produced by the hybridoma can be used for purifying gangliosides, for treating patients suffering from melanoma and for diagnosing sera.