Abstract: Disclosed are a method for producing a frozen pharmaceutical composition prepared from cultured human mesenchymal stem cells and a pharmaceutical composition containing human mesenchymal stem cells. This method is a method for producing a frozen pharmaceutical composition containing human mesenchymal stem cells, which comprises the following steps in this order: (a) adding trypsin to human mesenchymal stem cells in a culture vessel to detach the cells from the surface of the culture vessel; (b) adding a bicarbonate Ringer's solution containing human serum albumin to the detached cells to terminate the reaction with trypsin, and washing the cells with the bicarbonate Ringer's solution containing human serum albumin; (c) suspending the cells in a bicarbonate Ringer's solution containing human serum albumin and dimethyl sulfoxide; (d) putting the resulting suspension in a container which allows freezing of what is contained therein, and sealing the container; and (e) freezing the suspension put in the container.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for producing a frozen pharmaceutical composition prepared from cultured human mesenchymal stem cells and a pharmaceutical composition containing human mesenchymal stem cells. This method is a method for producing a frozen pharmaceutical composition containing human mesenchymal stem cells, which comprises the following steps in this order: (a) adding trypsin to human mesenchymal stem cells in a culture vessel to detach the cells from the surface of the culture vessel; (b) adding a bicarbonate Ringer's solution containing human serum albumin to the detached cells to terminate the reaction with trypsin, and washing the cells with the bicarbonate Ringer's solution containing human serum albumin; (c) suspending the cells in a bicarbonate Ringer's solution containing human serum albumin and dimethyl sulfoxide; (d) putting the resulting suspension in a container which allows freezing of what is contained therein, and sealing the container; and (e) freezing the suspension put in the container.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition and a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of arthritis, inter alia, rheumatoid arthritis. The pharmaceutical composition comprises human mesenchymal stem cells, and the method comprises administering an effective amount human mesenchymal stem cells to a patient.

Abstract: The present invention provides materials capable of screening human melatonin which comprise an animal cell containing an expression plasmid for the gene encoding a human melatonin receptor protein and having said protein expressed therein, as well as a method for screening the same, thus permitting not only human melatonin but also hormones showing affinity for the same, and their agonists or antagonists to be screened with an enhanced degree of precision.

Abstract: Antiserum which can recognize all subtypes of human leukocyte interferon is prepared from the blood of an animal immunized with partially purified human leukocyte interferon obtained from a culture of human leukocyte stimulated with Sendai virus.The antiserum is added to a column whereon concentrated culture broth of human leukocyte has been immobilized to adsorb impurities, the effluent is added to a column whereon partially purified human leukocyte interferon has been immobilized to adsorb anti-human leukocyte interferon antibody and then the antibody is eluted from the column.The antibody thus obtained recognizes all subtypes of human leukocyte interferon and can be separated by a chromatography to each monoclonal antibody which recognizes a single subtype.Employing these antibodies, the subtypes of human leukocyte interferon or their antibodies in a sample can be analized or assayed.