Abstract:
The present invention provides a body fat reducing agent comprising a Regnase-1 inhibitor as an active ingredient, and a method for screening for a substance capable of reducing body fat, the method comprising selecting a substance capable of inhibiting the expression of Regnase-1 or a substance capable of inhibiting the function of Regnase-1. The body fat reducing agent of the present invention is useful for improving metabolic syndrome, and for preventing and/or treating fatty liver disease, including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The screening method of the present invention can be used to identify a useful substance capable of reducing body fat.
Abstract:
The present invention found that, for example, inhibiting phosphorylation of a Ser residue in Regnase-1 is effective in treating and/or preventing diseases. The invention also found that, for example, inhibiting the binding of Regnase-1 with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of TBK1, IKKi, Act-1, IKK, and IRAK is effective in treating and/or preventing diseases.
Abstract:
The present invention found that, for example, inhibiting phosphorylation of a Ser residue in Regnase-1 is effective in treating and/or preventing diseases. The invention also found that, for example, inhibiting the binding of Regnase-1 with at least one factor selected from the group consisting of TBK1, IKKi, Act-1, IKK, and IRAK is effective in treating and/or preventing diseases.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method of preparing a β-hematin crystal comprising a step of heating, the β-hematin crystal obtained by such method, and a vaccine adjuvant composition containing the β-hematin crystal. The β-hematin crystal has a needle-like morphology, it has an average particle size of 0.6 to 1.2 μm, and it exhibits main peaks characteristics for angles of diffraction (2θ) of 7.4°, 12.2°, 21.6°, and 24.1° in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by powder X-ray diffractometry with Cu—Kα rays (with each peak including a plus-minus 0.2° diffraction angle).
Abstract:
An intraorally administrable vaccine composition useful to be a preventive or therapeutic agent for infectious diseases, and effectively induces a systemic immune response or a mucosal immune response is provided. A vaccine composition for administration to the oral cavity of a human or an animal, the vaccine composition containing at least one antigen derived from an infectious disease, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) agonist, a toll-like receptor 2/6 (TLR2/6) agonist, and cyclic dinucleotide, or a derivative or salt thereof.