摘要:
A drug for kidney failure containing, as the active ingredient, an oxaluric acid derivative which has an excellent effect of inhibiting the progress of kidney failure. The above-described compound, i.e., the oxaluric acid derivative has an excellent effect of inhibiting the progress of kidney failure by significantly inhibiting an increase in blood creatinine accompanying the progress of kidney failure while showing a high safety with little side effects. Thus, it is highly useful as a drug for kidney failure which is required to be administered over a long time.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel trans-2-decenoic acid derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and to provide a pharmaceutical agent which contains said compound as an active ingredient and has a highly safe neurotrophic factor-like activity or an alleviating action for side effect induced by administration of anti-cancer agents. The trans-2-decenoic acid derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which is the compound of the present invention is specifically represented by the formula (1): (In the formula, Y is -O-, -NR- or -S-, R is hydrogen atom, alkyl group, dialkylaminoalkyl group or the like and W is a substituent such as dialkylaminoalkyl group) and has a quite high usefulness as a pharmaceutical agent such as a preventive or therapeutic agent for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, depression, etc., a treating or repairing agent for spinal cord injury or an alleviating agent for side effect induced by administration of anti-cancer agents.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a preventive or therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases or degenerative intervertebral disk diseases. A coumarin derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof which is an active ingredient of the preventive or therapeutic agent of the present invention exhibits an excellent suppressive action in a pharmacological test where production of inflammation-related factor such as inflammatory cytokine or fibrosis-related factor as an index. Moreover, said compound also exhibits an excellent suppressive action to pulmonary fibrosis model animals and degenerative intervertebral disk disease model animals. Accordingly, the present invention is very useful as a preventive or therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases and degenerative intervertebral disk diseases.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide DNA which regulates the expression of miR-140, a reporter vector which contains the DNA, cells and animals into which the reporter vector is introduced and a screening system for drugs which control the expression of miR-140 and is also to contribute in the development of new therapeutic agents for cartilage diseases such as osteoarthritis and intervertebral disk degeneration using the screening system. The DNA sequence according to the present invention is able to express any gene in a site where miR-140 is expressed and, in addition, it is also able to be utilized for screening a drug which regulates the expression of miR-140. Moreover, the drug that is selected by the screening system of the present invention is expected as a therapeutic agent for cartilage diseases accompanied by abnormality of cartilage.
摘要:
The synthesis of collagen and proteoglycan in chondrocytes, such as intervertebral disc cells, articular chondrocytes and meniscal cells is promoted by administration of an extract from inflamed tissue inoculated with vaccinia virus.