摘要:
A therapeutic effect of the administration of interferon-² (IFN-²) on a relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patient can be predicted and an RRMS case, wherein the administration can be hardly continued because of the occurrence of a serious side effect or worsening of co-occurring immunological disorder, can be predicted by measuring the amount of plasma blasts (PB) in a sample from the RRMS patient. Further, the therapeutic effect of an IL-6 inhibitor in treating RRMS can be predicted by measuring the amount of PB in a sample from an RRMS patient, which enables the provision of a therapeutic method efficacious to a patient to whom IFN-² can be hardly applied in treating RRMS.
摘要:
The present invention provides a GM-CSF-producing T-cell control agent comprising a glycolipid compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: wherein R 1 represents an aldopyranose residue, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, R 3 represents -CH 2 -, -CH(OH)-CH 2 -, or -CH=CH-, R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or CH 3 , x is 0 to 35, and y and z each represent an integer that satisfies y + z = 0 to 3.