摘要:
The present invention has an object to provide a means to effectively enhance the production of cytokines and/or chemokines in mammals. The object is solved by providing an agent for enhancing the production of cytokines and/or chemokines, which comprises, as an effective ingredient, a polypeptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 3; a polypeptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 3, where one or more amino acids thereof are deleted or replaced with other amino acid(s) and/or one or more amino acids are added thereunto, without substantially losing the biological activity of the polypeptide.
摘要翻译:本发明的目的是提供有效增强哺乳动物中细胞因子和/或趋化因子的产生的方法。 通过提供用于增强细胞因子和/或趋化因子的产生的试剂来解决该问题,所述试剂包含作为有效成分的具有SEQ ID NO:1至3的任一氨基酸序列的多肽; 具有SEQ ID NO:1至3的任何一个氨基酸序列的多肽,其中一个或多个氨基酸被缺失或被其它氨基酸和/或一个或多个氨基酸所取代,而没有 基本上丧失了多肽的生物活性。
摘要:
The present invention has an object to provide a means to effectively enhance the production of cytokines and/or chemokines in mammals. The object is solved by providing an agent for enhancing the production of cytokines and/or chemokines, which comprises, as an effective ingredient, a polypeptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 3; a polypeptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1 to 3, where one or more amino acids thereof are deleted or replaced with other amino acid(s) and/or one or more amino acids are added thereunto, without substantially losing the biological activity of the polypeptide.
摘要翻译:本发明的目的是提供有效增强哺乳动物中细胞因子和/或趋化因子的产生的方法。 通过提供用于增强细胞因子和/或趋化因子的产生的试剂来解决该问题,所述试剂包含作为有效成分的具有SEQ ID NO:1至3的任一氨基酸序列的多肽; 具有SEQ ID NO:1至3的任何一个氨基酸序列的多肽,其中一个或多个氨基酸被缺失或被其它氨基酸和/或一个或多个氨基酸加入,而没有 基本上丧失了多肽的生物活性。
摘要:
Disclosed are artificially produced peptide capable of neutralizing the biological activities of IL-18, which comprises a part or the whole of the variable regions in anti interleukin 18 antibody, including single chain variable region fragments and humanized antibodies, a process of producing the peptide, and uses thereof. The peptide is useful as pharmaceutical to treat and prevent diseases such as autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases, where the biological activities of interleukin-18 are involved.
摘要:
Disclosed are a polypeptide (including that in soluble form) as receptor for a novel cytokine, i.e., interleukin-18, a DNA encoding the polypeptide, and the uses of the polypeptide including pharmaceutical and neutralizer to interleukin-18. Pharmaceuticals with the polypeptide is useful to treat and prevent autoimmune and allergic disease because it suppresses and regulates excessive immunoreaction.
摘要:
Disclosed is a genomic DNA encoding a polypeptide capable of inducing the production of interferon-&ggr; by immunocompetent cells. The genomic DNA efficiently expresses the polypeptide with high biological activities of such as inducing the production of interferon-&ggr; by immunocompetent cells, enhancing killer cells' cytotoxicity and inducing killer cells' formation, when introduced into mammalian host cells. The high biological activities of the polypeptide facilitate its uses to treat and/or prevent malignant tumors, viral diseases, bacterial infectious diseases and immune diseases without serious side effects when administered to humans.
摘要:
The receptor for interleukin-18 (IL-18) is described. The invention provides recombinant receptor polypeptides, including soluble receptors and fusion proteins, which specifically bind to IL-18 and inhibit its activity. The polypeptides are thus useful as pharmaceutical agents to treat autoimmune and allergic diseases. They are also useful as affinity reagents to purify IL-18, in assays to detect the ligand, and in screening assays to identify IL-18 agonists or antagonists.
摘要:
Disclosed is a genomic DNA encoding a polypeptide capable of inducing the production of interferon-.gamma. by immunocompetent cells. The genomic DNA efficiently expresses the polypeptide with high biological activities of such as inducing the production of interferon-.gamma. by immunocompetent cells, enhancing killer cells' cytotoxicity and inducing killer cells' formation, when introduced into mammalian host cells. The high biological activities of the polypeptide facilitate its uses to treat and/or prevent malignant tumors, viral diseases, bacterial infectious diseases and immune diseases without serious side effects when administered to humans.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel starchy substance having a retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the starchy substance efficiently from a material starch by enzymatic reaction, and uses thereof. The present invention attains the above object by providing branched starch having 6-α-maltosyl- and/or 6-α-maltotetraosyl-structure(s) with a marked retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the branched starch without lowering the molecular weight of material starch, and uses thereof.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel starchy substance having a retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the starchy substance efficiently from a material starch by enzymatic reaction, and uses thereof. The present invention attains the above object by providing branched starch having 6-α-maltosyl- and/or 6-α-maltotetraosyl-structure(s) with a marked retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the branched starch without lowering the molecular weight of material starch, and uses thereof.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel starchy substance having a retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the starchy substance efficiently from a material starch by enzymatic reaction, and uses thereof. The present invention attains the above object by providing branched starch having 6-α-maltosyl- and/or 6-α-maltotetraosyl-structure(s) with a marked retrogradation-resistance, a process for producing the branched starch without lowering the molecular weight of material starch, and uses thereof.