Abstract:
A medicine comprising a 1-indansulfamides compound such as N-[(1S)-2,2,5,7-tetrafluoro-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl]sulfamide, or N-[(1S)-2,2-difluoro-7-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-1-yl]sulfamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, has an analgesic effects in the mouse hot-plate test and rat constriction nerve injury model and thus holds promise as a therapeutic agent for acute and chronic pain.
Abstract:
The inventors discovered that the adhesion molecule CAR, known to be localized in intracellular adhesion sites, functioned as an adhesion molecule for activated lymphocytes. Further, the inventors identified CARL, a novel CAR ligand expressed in lymphocytes, and clarified that the ligand was expressed selectively in Th1 cells. In addition, they found that anti-CAR antibodies could inhibit the adhesion of activated lymphocytes to CAR molecules. Thus, the present invention provides methods for detecting Th1 cells using CAR or anti-CARL antibodies, and methods of screening for inhibitors suppressing the adhesion of Th1 cells using the binding between CAR and CARL as an index. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of screening for inhibitors of the binding between CAR and CARL, antibodies that inhibit the binding between CAR and CARL, and therapeutic compositions comprising these antibodies. These are expected to be useful in diagnosing diseases, such as inflammation, in which infiltration of Th1 cells is involved, and in providing pharmaceutical agents for alleviating such diseases.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods of treating cancer by administering an EZH2 inhibitor or a pharmaceutical composition thereof to subject in need thereof.
Abstract:
A compound represented by formula (I): wherein R is a methyl group or the like, R1 is a fluorine atom or the like, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R3 is a hydrogen atom, R4 is an ethyl group or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel humanized, chimeric and murine antibodies that have binding specificity for the human CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20). The present invention further relates to heavy chains and light chains of said antibodies. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a heavy chain and/or a light chain of said antibodies, and to a method of preparing said antibodies. The anti-CCL20 antibodies of the invention can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and cancer.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a salt of (S)-7-(2-methoxy-3,5-dimethylpyridin-4-yl)-1-(tetrahydrofuran-3-yl)-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]quinolin-4(5H)-one and an acid selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid, malonic acid, maleic acid, tartaric acid, methanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid and toluenesulfonic acid; or a crystal thereof with a potential to be used as drug substance in pharmaceuticals.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) and more specifically to antibodies binding to Aβ protofibrils and their use in therapy and/or prophylactic treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders associated with Aβ protein aggregation. Further the invention may relate to diagnosis of such diseases as well as monitoring of disease progression by use of the antibodies of the invention. Further, the invention may relate to veterinary use of the antibodies of the invention.
Abstract:
The inventors discovered that the adhesion molecule CAR, known to be localized in intracellular adhesion sites, functioned as an adhesion molecule for activated lymphocytes. Further, the inventors identified CARL, a novel CAR ligand expressed in lymphocytes, and clarified that the ligand was expressed selectively in Th1 cells. In addition, they found that anti-CAR antibodies could inhibit the adhesion of activated lymphocytes to CAR molecules. Thus, the present invention provides methods for detecting Th1 cells using CAR or anti-CARL antibodies, and methods of screening for inhibitors suppressing the adhesion of Th1 cells using the binding between CAR and CARL as an index. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of screening for inhibitors of the binding between CAR and CARL, antibodies that inhibit the binding between CAR and CARL, and therapeutic compositions comprising these antibodies. These are expected to be useful in diagnosing diseases, such as inflammation, in which infiltration of Th1 cells is involved, and in providing pharmaceutical agents for alleviating such diseases.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a neural stem cell having increased passage ability, a method for manufacturing a neural stem cell having said increased passage ability, and others. The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a neural stem cell having increased passage ability having the following characteristics: (a) the N-type calcium channel gene is knocked out or knocked down in said cell, (b) the influx of Ca2+ via the N-type calcium channel is substantially absent or suppressed in said cell, (c) said cell can be passaged for at least 4 generations (more preferably 15 generations) or more, and (d) said cell maintains the differentiation potential into a nerve cell even after passage for 4 generations (more preferably 15 generations).
Abstract:
The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of specific cancers. Such compositions may generally comprise a compound of formula (I): wherein R1-R3 are as defined herein, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.