Abstract: The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating arthritis, a cartilage protecting agent, a joint destruction inhibitor and a synovial membrane growth inhibitor comprising an anti-FGF-8 neutralizing antibody as an active ingredient, as well as a diagnostic agent of arthritis comprising an anti-FGF-8 antibody as an active ingredient and a method for judging arthritis using the antibody.

Abstract: The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating arthritis, a cartilage protecting agent, a joint destruction inhibitor and a synovial membrane growth inhibitor comprising an anti-FGF-8 neutralizing antibody as an active ingredient, as well as a diagnostic agent of arthritis comprising an anti-FGF-8 antibody as an active ingredient and a method for judging arthritis using the antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to indole derivatives represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represent hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, halogen, --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --OR.sup.5, or ##STR2## R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl, or ##STR3## R.sup.4 represents hydroxy, lower alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy, or --NR.sup.10 R.sup.11, and X represents CO or SO.sub.2, with the proviso that when R.sup.3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and X is CO, R.sup.4 is --NR.sup.10 R.sup.11, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.