Abstract:
An image reproduction interface disposed between a CPU, and a display device for reproducing an image based on code signals from the CPU corresponding to multiple image elements. The interface comprises a random-access memory for temporarily storing the code signals, and a multiplexor for selecting, for a first period, an address bus for the CPU to address the memory for storing therein the code signals, and for a second period, a refresh address bus for a controller of the display device to address the memory for reading out therefrom the code signals to reproduce the image. A sum of said first and second periods is equal to an interval at which the image elements are reproduced, whereby both storage and retrieval of the code signals into and from the memory may be effected within each reproduction interval in a time-sharing manner, thus reducing an idle or waiting time of the CPU and increasing a rate of updating the image on the display device.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method for treating a subject having a tumor and a method for inhibiting angiogenesis in a subject, both comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition of matter comprising the extracellular domain of a Notch receptor protein operably affixed to a half-life-increasing moiety. This invention also provides a composition of matter comprising the extracellular domain of Notch4 receptor protein operably affixed to a half-life-increasing moiety. This invention further provides an article of manufacture. Finally, this invention provides a replicable vector which encodes a polypeptide comprising the extracellular domain of a Notch receptor protein operably affixed to a half-life-increasing moiety, a host vector system which comprises such replicable vector and a method of producing such polypeptide.
Abstract:
Compounds represented by the following general formula: [wherein Ag is an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; Xg is —O—, —S—, etc.; Yg is an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group, an optionally substituted 5- to 14-membered heterocyclic group, etc.; and Tg1 is a group represented by the following general formula: (wherein Eg is a single bond or —N(Rg2)—, Rg1 and Rg2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, etc. and Zg represents a C1-8 alkyl group, a C3-8 alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a C6-14 aryl group, etc.)], salts thereof or hydrates of the foregoing.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a system for testing the influence of a drug on integrin expression, which comprises measuring an integrin expression level in platelets of an individual to which the drug is administered and, based on the measured expression amount, determining what effect the drug has on integrin expression in cells other than platelets.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an integrin expression inhibitor, and an agent for treating arterial sclerosis, psoriasis, cancer, retinal angiogenesis, diabetic retinopathy or inflammatory diseases, an anticoagulant, or a cancer metastasis suppressor on the basis of an integrin inhibitory action. Namely, it provides an integrin expression inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a sulfonamide compound represented by the following formula (I), a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate of them, wherein in the formula, B means a C6-C10 aryl ring or 6- to 10-membered heteroaryl ring which may have a substituent and in which a part of the ring may be saturated; K means a single bond, —CH═CH— or —(CR4bR5b)mb— (wherein R4b and R5b are the same as or different from each other and each means hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group; and mb means an integer of 1 or 2); R1 means hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group; Z means a single bond or —CO—NH—; and R means a C6-C10 aryl ring or 6- to 10-membered heteroaryl ring which may have a substituent and in which a part of the ring may be saturated, respectively.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a sulfonamide- or sulfonylurea-containing heterocyclic compounds. Specifically, it provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I), a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate of them. In the formula, A is hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl or alkoxy group which may be substituted with a halogen atom, or cyano group; B is an optionally substituted aryl group or monocyclic heteroaryl group, or: (wherein, the ring Q is an aromatic ring which may have nitrogen atom; and the ring M is a ring sharing a double bond with the ring Q, which ring may have a heteroatom; and the rings Q and M may share nitrogen atom); K is a single bond; T, W, X and Y are the same as or different from each other and each is ═C(D)— (wherein, D is hydrogen or a halogen atom) or nitrogen atom; U and V are the same as or different from each other and each is ═C(D)—, nitrogen atom, —CH2—, oxygen atom or —CO—; Z is a single bond or —CO—NH—; and R1 is hydrogen atom, etc.
Abstract:
A method for producing a cell to which angiogenesis-inducing ability has been imparted, comprising the steps of introducing a gene of an angiogenic factor into a human or animal cell having low angiogenesis-inducing ability, and selecting a cell that overexpresses the angiogenic factor; and a method for screening for an angiogenesis inhibitor or a substance having anticancer activity by using the produced cell.
Abstract:
The present invention creates a novel antiangiogenic agent and provides an antitumor agent which shows high safety as compared with conventional antitumor agents, has a sure effect and is able to be administered for a long period. That is, it provides an indole compound represented by the following formula (I), its pharmacologically acceptable salt or hydrates thereof. In the formula, R1 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or cyano group; R2 and R3 are the same as or different from and each represents hydrogen atom, a C1˜C4 lower alkyl group or a halogen atom; R4 represents hydrogen atom or a C1˜C4 lower alkyl group; and the ring A represents cyanophenyl group, aminosulfonylphenyl group, aminopyridyl group, aminopyrimidyl group, a halopyridyl group or cyanothiophenyl group, provided that the case where all of R1, R2 and R3 are hydrogen atoms, where both R2 and R3 are hydrogen atoms or where the ring A is aminosulfonyl group and both R1 and R2 are halogen atoms is excluded. Further, when the ring A is cyanophenyl group, 2-amino-5-pyridyl group or a 2-halo-5-pyridyl group and R1 is cyano group or a halogen atom, at least one of R2 and R3 should not be a hydrogen atom.
Abstract:
The first auxiliary memory 11a stores background image information in the form of digital data, and the second auxiliary memory 11b stores sound information in the form of digital data. When a request is transmitted from the terminal 36 to the information supplying device 28, a background image information of a genre, to which the requested song belongs, is retrieved from the first auxiliary memory 11a, packetized by the video packetizer 5, and outputted to the multiplexer 9. A sound information for the requested song is retrieved from the second auxiliary memory 11b, packetized by the audio packetizer 6, and outputted to the multiplexer 9. The background image information and the sound information are combined into a single packet data train and outputted to the terminal 36.
Abstract:
An information provision system including: a plurality of information provision devices, each information provision device including: a memory for storing data; and an information processor for using the data stored in the memory to prepare external-output information; a transmission unit for conveying external-output information provided by the information provision devices; a plurality of output terminals in a number greater than the plurality of information provision devices, each output terminal including: a keyboard by which requests are inputted; request transmission unit for transmitting, according to commands inputted via the keyboard, requests; and output device for outputting information based on external-output information; and a central control device including: request receiver for receiving requests transmitted from the request transmitter; a priority storage unit for storing, for each output terminal, a priority level at which external-output information is to be provided; and command unit for commanding, according to requests and according to priority level stored for requesting output terminals, an information provision device to provide external-output information requested in a request received by the request receiver.