Abstract:
The present invention relates to a production method for an epoxy substrate exhibiting a nanopattern, comprising the stages of: (a) forming a titanium oxide film by anodization of a titanium substrate; (b) obtaining a titanium substrate having a concave shape formed on its surface by removing the titanium oxide film from the titanium substrate on which the titanium oxide film has been formed; (c) coating an epoxy resin onto the titanium substrate on which the concave shape has been formed; and (d) obtaining an epoxy substrate formed with a nanopattern of convex surfaces by removing the titanium substrate. In the production method of the present invention, an epoxy substrate formed with a nanopattern of convex surfaces is produced after anodizing titanium, coating an epoxy resin onto a nanopattern formed with a concave shape on the titanium surface, and removing the titanium substrate. This straightforward process makes it possible to efficiently produce an epoxy resin exhibiting a nanopattern for the measurement of blood coagulation formed with a fine pattern which is uniform and on the nano scale. Further, the epoxy substrate produced by means of the present invention makes it possible to efficiently use an electrochemical technique to ascertain whether or not blood coagulation is present in a blood sample.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a batroxobin-encoding nucleotide sequence and/or a mutated a-factor secretion signal sequence, and a vector and a transformant using the same. The batroxobin-encoding nucleotide sequence of this invention exhibits an excellent expression efficiency in yeast, particular Pichia pastoris and the recombinant batroxobin is obtained at 4-13 fold higher yield than natural-occurring batroxobin-encoding sequences. The protein expression system which uses the batroxobin-encoding nucleotide sequence as well as mutated a-factor secretion signal peptide sequence of this invention obtains the recombinant batroxobin at about 20-fold higher yield than natural-occurring batroxobin-encoding sequences. In addition, the recombinant batroxobin prepared using the sequence of this invention has a significantly plausible activity and stability compared with natural-occuring batroxobin.
Abstract:
A method for solubilization of curcumin and a water-soluble curcumin prepared by this method are disclosed. The method prepares a water-soluble curcumin by covalent-bonding sugar to the curcumin, thereby making the curcumin, which was insoluble to water, into a water-soluble curcumin. This water-soluble curcumin may be applied to more fields such as food, soluble drugs and dyes.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to liposome complex comprising a novel disintegrin, saxatilin, gene derived from Agkistrodon saxatilis and methods for curing and preventing tumors by transferring the complexes to a living body.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to: a composition for dissolving thrombi comprising a peptide comprising the Arg-Gly-Asp motif; a pharmaceutical composition for treating stenotic or occlusive vascular diseases which comprises the same; and a thrombus dissolving method and a method for treating stenotic or occlusive vascular diseases, comprising the step of administering the same. The compositions and methods of the present invention have the advantage that they effectively break down already formed thrombi by adopting the principle of targeting integrin within the thrombus such as platelet surface GPIIb-IIIa, which is not the same as the existing principle of plasminogen activation. Also, the compositions and methods of the present invention have a nerve-protecting function as they effectively open as far as the microvasculature, without the occurrence of restenosis after penetration.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a batroxobin-encoding nucleotide sequence and/or a mutated α-factor secretion signal sequence, and a vector and a transformant using the same. The batroxobin-encoding nucleotide sequence of this invention exhibits an excellent expression efficiency in yeast, particular Pichia pastoris and the recombinant batroxobin is obtained at 4-13 fold higher yield than natural-occurring batroxobin-encoding sequences. The protein expression system which uses the batroxobin-encoding nucleotide sequence as well as mutated α-factor secretion signal peptide sequence of this invention obtains the recombinant batroxobin at about 20-fold higher yield than natural-occurring batroxobin-encoding sequences. In addition, the recombinant batroxobin prepared using the sequence of this invention has a significantly plausible activity and stability compared with natural-occuring batroxobin.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating hyperproliferative vascular disorders, and a pharmaceutical anticancer composition comprising the compound represented by the Formula 1. The present compounds exhibit IC 50 values of less than 0.16 μM for vascular smooth muscle cells and cancer cells to effectively prevent proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and cancer cells, thereby ensuring prevention or treatment of hyperproliferative vascular disorders such as arteriosclerosis and restenosis, and cancers.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel antibiotic peptides which possess antibacterial and/or antifungal activities causing no cytotoxicity, and to antibacterial and/or antifungal agents containing said peptides as active ingredients. In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that: a number of chemically-synthesized peptides which are derived from Tenecin, show superior antibacterial and/or antifungal activities, while causing no untoward effects, and they can be applied for the development of antibacterial and/or antifungal agents.