Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080207549 | GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO HEPATOCELLULAR OR COLORECTAL CARCINOMA - The present application provides novel human genes WDRPUH and KRZFPUH and PPIL1 whose expression is markedly elevated in a great majority of HCC's and colorectal cancers, respectively, compared to corresponding non-cancerous tissues, as well as novel human gene APCDD1 whose expression is elevated in primary colon cancers and down-regulated in response to the transduction of wild-type APC1 into colon cancer cells. The genes and polypeptides encoded by the genes can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of a cell proliferative disease, and as target for developing drugs against the disease. | 08-28-2008 |
20080220420 | Method of Detecting Gene Polymorphism, Method of Diagnosing, Apparatus Therefor, and Test Reagent Kit - The object of the invention is to carry out typing for multiple SNP sites automatically from the stage of sample preparation. A mixture of sample ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080220455 | p53-DEPENDENT APOPTOSIS-INDUCING PROTEIN AND METHOD OF SCREENING FOR APOPTOSIS REGULATOR - p53-dependent Damage-Inducible Nuclear Protein 1 (p53DINP1 protein) is a p53-induced nuclear protein that induces p53-dependent apoptosis by regulating p53 function through Ser 46 phosphorylation. A DNA encoding p53DINP1 can be applied as anticancer agents for destroying neoplasms such as tumors, and as therapeutic or preventive agents for diseases associated with p53-mediated apoptosis abnormalities. It is also possible to apply the above protein and DNA in methods of screening for candidate compounds for regulating p53-mediated apoptosis. | 09-11-2008 |
20080241960 | INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN - Using the proteins of the present invention, DNAs encoding the proteins, and antibodies recognizing the proteins, detection methods for diseases relating to the novel insulin-like growth factor binding proteins of the present invention, as well as diagnostic agents, preventive agents, and therapeutic agents for diseases relating to the proteins of the present invention can be provided. | 10-02-2008 |
20080280293 | Method of Examining Inflammatory Disease and Method of Screening Remedy for Imflammatory Disease - A gene polymorphism on a Toll-like receptor gene is analyzed and an inflammatory disease is examined based on the results of the analysis. A remedy for an inflammatory disease is screened by selecting a substance capable of altering the interaction between Toll-like receptor and galectin-2. | 11-13-2008 |
20080286783 | NOVEL METHOD OF DETECTING GENETIC POLYMORPHISM - The present invention provides a novel polymorphism detecting method suitable for the detection and identification of copy number variation. | 11-20-2008 |
20090012032 | GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO HUMAN COLON CANCERS - The present application provides novel human genes RNF43 whose expression is markedly elevated in colorectal cancers, as well as CXADRL1 and GCUD1 whose expression is markedly elevated in gastric cancers compared to corresponding non-cancerous tissues. The genes and polypeptides encoded by the genes can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of a cell proliferative disease, and as target molecules for developing drugs against the disease. | 01-08-2009 |
20090035771 | Hepatocellular carcinoma-related genes and polypeptides, and method for detecting hepatocellular carcinomas - Genes up-regulated in hepatocellular carcinomas and polypeptides encoded by these genes are provided. Vectors, transformants and methods for producing the recombinant polypeptides are also provided. Probes and primers of these genes and antibodies against the polypeptides are also provided. The probes, primers and antibodies can be used as reagents for detecting hepatocellular carcinomas. Methods for detecting hepatocellular carcinomas using such detection reagents are further provided. Antisense nucleotide sequences of these genes are also provided and can be used to inhibit growth of hepatocellular carcinomas. | 02-05-2009 |
20090136508 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING COLON AND GASTRIC CANCERS - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing Colorectal and gastric carcinomas are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves the determining a expression level of colon or gastric cancer-associated gene that discriminate between colon or gastric cancer and normal cell. The present invention further provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of colonic cancer and method of vaccinating a subject against colon or gastric cancer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090162361 | Method for diagnosing pancreatic cancer - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing pancreatic cancer (PNC) are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of PNC-associated gene that discriminates between PNC cells and normal cells. The present invention further provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, methods of treating pancreatic cancer and method of vaccinating a subject against pancreatic cancer. | 06-25-2009 |
20090286856 | Method of Diagnosing Breast Cancer - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing breast cancer (BRC) are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of a BRC-associated gene that discriminates between BRC cells and normal cells. In another embodiment, the diagnostic method involves determining the expression level of a BRC-associated gene that discriminates among BRC cells, between DCIS and IDC cells. The present invention further provides means for predicting and preventing breast cancer metastasis using BRC-associated genes having unique altered expression patterns in breast cancer cells with lymph-node metastasis. Finally, the present invention provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of breast cancer, methods of treating breast cancer and method for vaccinating a subject against breast cancer. | 11-19-2009 |
20100016220 | GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO HUMAN COLON CANCERS - The present application provides novel human genes RNF43 whose expression is markedly elevated in colorectal cancers, as well as CXADRL1 and GCUD1 whose expression is markedly elevated in gastric cancers compared to corresponding non-cancerous tissues. The genes and polypeptides encoded by the genes can be used, for example, in the diagnosis of a cell proliferative disease, and as target molecules for developing drugs against the disease. | 01-21-2010 |
20100204060 | HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 2 (HIG 2), A DIAGNOSTIC MARKER FOR CLEAR CELL RENAL CELL CARCINOMA - The present invention provides a method for inhibiting growth of a cancer cell, particularly a renal cell carcinoma, by contacting the cell with a composition composed of an HIG2 siRNA or HIG2 antibody. Methods of diagnosing renal cell cancer are also provided within the present invention. | 08-12-2010 |
20100323346 | Method of Examining Inflammatory Disease and Method of Screening Remedy for Inflammatory Disease - A single nucleotide polymorphism occurring on a leptin receptor gene is analyzed and an inflammatory disease is examined on the basis of the analytical data. Further, a substance capable of changing the interaction between the leptin receptor and galectin-2 is selected to thereby screen a remedy for an inflammatory disease. | 12-23-2010 |
20120238455 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DRUG ERUPTION RISK INDUCED BY ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG BASED ON SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM IN 21.33 REGION OF SHORT ARM OF CHROMOSOME 6 - The genotype of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) existing in the 21.33 region of the short arm of chromosome 6, such as an SNP at the HLA-A locus, is analyzed, and, based on the results, drug eruption risk induced by an antiepileptic drug is diagnosed. | 09-20-2012 |
20130022975 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ARTERIOSCLEROTIC DISEASES ON THE BASIS OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM AT HUMAN CHROMOSOME 5P15.3 - An atherosclerotic disease such as myocardial infarction or angina pectoris is detected by analyzing a single nucleotide polymorphism on human chromosome 5p15.3, and by associating results of the analysis with the risk of the onset thereof. Examples of the single nucleotide polymorphism on human chromosome 5p15.3 include a nucleotide corresponding to the nucleotide at position 61 in the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, or SEQ ID NO: 3, and a polymorphism at a nucleotide which is in linkage disequilibrium with the above nucleotide. | 01-24-2013 |