摘要:
An adsorbent that exhibits a high specificity in adsorbing immunoglobulins and/or complexes thereof, is extremely reduced in the lowering of the adsorption characteristic during sterilization or storage, is highly stable and safe, and is prepared by immobilizing on a water-insoluble support either a peptide derivative which has undergone at least one of the deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of amino acids in a peptide having a specified amino acid sequence or an amino acid sequence, or the above peptide derivative which has undergone the addition of Lyn or Cys at the amino and/or carboxyl terminal thereof; a device for adsorption and removal made by packing the adsorbent in a vessel equipped with effluent preventing means; and a method of adsorbing and removing immunoglobulins and/or complexes thereof contained in the blood, plasma or other body fluids with the adsorbent.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an adsorbent being capable of efficiently adsorbing and removing interleukins in a body fluid and to a method for adsorbing and removing, if necessary, and recovering interleukins in a body fluid with the above-mentioned adsorbent. According to the present invention, there are provided an adsorbent of interleukins which comprises a water-insoluble carrier having an anionic functional group, a method for adsorbing, removing and recovering interleukins using the same and an adsorber using the same.
摘要:
An adsorbent or bradykinin comprising styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer having sulfonic acid groups and a method for adsorbing and removing bradykinin comprising contacting the adsorbent with a fluid containing bradykinin are provided. An adsorber for adsorbing bradykinin in which the adsorbent is charged in a vessel having an inlet and an outlet for a fluid is also provided.
摘要:
An adsorbent for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) comprising a compound which has a log P value of at least 2.50 wherein P is a partition coefficient in an octanol-water system and which is immobilized on a water-insoluble carrier; a method for removing TSST-1 body fluids by adsorption which comprises bringing a body fluid containing TSST-1 into contact with the adsorbent; an adsorber for TSST-1 comprising an adsorbent packed in a container having an inlet and an outlet for a body fluid and a means for preventing the adsorbent from flowing out of the container; and use of the adsorbent. TSST-1 in body fluids can be efficiently removed by the adsorbent.
摘要:
An endotoxin adsorption system of the present invention comprises a combination of a cation exchange resin having sodium as a counter ion and a cation exchange resin having sodium and one or more metal ions other than sodium as a counter ion, and adsorbs an endotoxin without decreasing of the concentration of cations.
摘要:
There is provided a method for immobilizing a ligand by reacting a solvent-insoluble carrier having aldehyde group with a compound shown by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is --S-- or --O--, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.6 are the same or different, each of which is hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is hydrogen atom or a substituent wherein an atom adjacent to nitrogen atom shown in the above-mentioned general formula has no unsaturated bond, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.7 are arbitrary substituents; provided that only one partial chemical structure of HX--C--C--NHR.sup.3 wherein X and R.sup.3 are the same as defined above or HX--C--C--C--NHR.sup.3 wherein X and R.sup.3 are the same as defined above is contained in one compound described above by which, a ligand or a compound to which a ligand is bonded can react specifically and effectively with aldehyde group in a solvent-insoluble carrier at a prescribed position to form a stable bond.
摘要:
An adsorbent for .beta..sub.2 -microglobulin and immunoglobulin L-chain suitable for use in an extracorporeal circulation treatment, which comprises a porous water-insoluble carrier and a compound immobilized onto said carrier, said compound satisfying that the value of log P, in which P is a partition coefficient in an octanol-water system, is not less than 2.5. The adsorbent is inexpensive, and efficiently adsorb and remove .beta..sub.2 -microglobulin and immunoglobulin L-chain contained in a body fluid.
摘要:
An adsorbent for removing ketoamine-containing protein, which comprises carrying a compound having a terminal functional group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is an organic group and X is 0 or 1, on a porous water-insoluble carrier, a process for removing ketoamine-containing protein by employing the above adsorbent, a process for preventing or treating for diabetic complication by removing ketoamine-containing protein with the above adsorbent and an adsorber for removing ketoamine-containing protein.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an adsorbent being capable of efficiently removing tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. (TNF-.alpha.) in a body fluid, an adsorber using the adsorbent and a process for adsorbing and removing TNF-.alpha., namely an adsorbent of TNF-.alpha., wherein onto a water-insoluble carrier a compound having a functional group represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sup.- is an anionic functional group, A is a substituent group except for the anionic functional group, n is an integer of 0 to 4 and in case n is at least 2, groups A, the number of which is n, may be the same or different from each other; a process for adsorbing and removing TNF-.alpha., which comprises coming the adsorbent into contact with a body fluid; and an adsorber for adsorbing TNF-.alpha. wherein a vessel having an inlet and an outlet for a body fluid and being equipped with a means for preventing the adsorbent from flowing to the outside of the vessel, is charged with the adsorbent.
摘要:
An object of the invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition that contains erythropoietin as the active ingredient and has, when administered in humans and/or animals, a hematopoietic effect that lasts for not less than seven days. The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing, in an amount equal to not less than 50% of the total erythropoietin, erythropoietin to which two or more water-soluble long-chain molecules are added. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition containing erythropoietin to which a water-soluble long-chain molecule is added, wherein the water-soluble long-chain molecule has a molecular weight of not less than 30 kDa. The invention further provides a pharmaceutical composition containing erythropoietin to which a water-soluble long-chain molecule is added, wherein the water-soluble long-chain molecule has a branched chain.