摘要:
A formed sheet product of a polymer composition comprising at least one protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen and thrombin and at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic polyester and a water-soluble polymer, and a laminated formed sheet product comprising a first polymer composition layer composed of fibrinogen and a water-soluble polymer and a second polymer composition layer composed of thrombin and an aliphatic polyester are provided. These formed products are applied onto a wound site and function as a hemostatic material.
摘要:
Disclosed is a method for determination of a condition of disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome (DIC) in a DIC patient, wherein the method comprises determining the amount and/or the enzymatic activity of a von Willebrand factor (vWF)-cleaving enzyme (ADAMTS13) (preferably also the amount of vWF). Also disclosed is a kit for determination of a condition of DIC, wherein the kit comprises an antibody capable of binding specifically to ADAMTS13 or a fragment thereof. The method enables to achieve a differential diagnosis of a thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) patient from a DIC patient, which has been difficult to achieve previously only based on clinical observations or only by using conventional markers.
摘要:
Disclosed are a mutant transposon vector and a method for introducing a foreign gene into a cell. A mutant transposon vector having a nucleic acid fragment inserted therein, the nucleic acid fragment having the properties (i) and (ii) or the properties (i) to (iii) below; a foreign gene-expressing cell which is prepared by introducing the mutant transposon vector into the chromosomal DNA of an established cell or a cell capable of being individuated and then additionally introducing a foreign gene-expressing cassette into a recombinant system (e.g., Cre-Lox system); a recombinant animal created by using the cell (in the case where the cell capable of being individuated is used); and a method for producing a foreign protein from the cell or the recombinant animal: (i) comprising a 5'-TIR sequence and a 3'-TIR sequence of transposon gene; (ii) having a sequence at which a recombination reaction occurs inserted between at least one set of DR regions of two sets of DR regions present in a 5'-TIR sequence or a 3'-TIR sequence of transposon gene; and (iii) having a restriction recognition site or a foreign gene-expressing cassette inserted between a 5'-TIR sequence and a 3'-TIR sequence of transposon gene.
摘要:
A variant of enterotoxin B elaborated by Staphylococcus aureus (SEB) being resistant to protease and having lowered toxicity; and a vaccine comprising the SEB variant. In particular, an SEB variant having an amino acid sequence corresponding to the SEQ ID NO. 1 having its 97th lysine or 98th lysine replaced by an arbitrary amino acid, or derivative of the variant; and a vaccine comprising the SEB variant or derivative thereof.
摘要:
The invention aims at providing a safe and efficacious hemostatic and relates to a bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric characterized in that thrombin as the active ingredient is fixed to thereto and a hemostatic consisting of the same. The thrombin-carrying bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric of the invention can be produced by the step of dipping a bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric in a solution containing thrombin and the step of freeze-drying the resulting nonwoven fabric, and speedy and sure stanching can be attained by using the thrombin-carrying bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric.
摘要:
It is intended to provide a DNA fragment having a potent promoter activity in a yeast. Namely, a DNA fragment having a transcriptional promoter activity for a yeast which has the full-length DNA sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or a partial sequence involving the 3'-terminal side thereof, or a DNA sequence being hybridizable with the full-length DNA sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or a partial sequence involving the 3'-terminal side thereof and sustaining the transcriptional promoter activity of the full-length or partial sequence as described above; an expression plasmid comprising a recombinant DNA fragment which has the above-described DNA fragment and a foreign protein-encoding gene provided in the downstream thereof; a host cell such as a yeast cell having been transformed by the recombinant DNA fragment or the expression plasmid as described above; and a method of producing a foreign protein characterized by comprising culturing the host cell as described above and harvesting the foreign protein from the culture. Thus, it is possible to provide a potent promoter usable in a foreign gene expression system with the use of a yeast as the host.
摘要:
A recombinant Herpesvirus capable of effectively expressing the target alien protein in a host animal which has been inoculated therewith and exerting an excellent immunological effect. The recombinant Herpesvirus has an alien gene expression cassette integrated thereinto wherein a gB gene originating in Herpesvirus (a gene homologous with Herpes simplex virus gB gene) promoter is employed as a promoter for the expression of the alien gene.