Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to human CD69, has an activity to suppress allergic inflammation, and has cross-reactivity with mouse CD69. In addition, the present invention provides an antibody having high binding affinity for human CD69 and an activity to suppress allergic inflammations. The antibody of the present invention can be a human antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a guide RNA molecule that hybridizes with a target sequence containing a mutation site of a transforming growth factor ?-induced (TGFBI) gene associated with granular corneal degeneration.

Abstract: A shaft torque control device executes highly responsive shaft-torque control even when spring rigidity of a connection shaft connecting an engine and dynamometer varies, and has a feedback control system including a nominal plant imitating input-output characteristics of a test system, generalized plant having nominal plant; controller providing an input with use of outputs and variation term causing variation in the nominal plant on the basis of a variation transfer function. In the controller, setting is made to satisfy a design condition. Nominal plant is structured with a two-inertia system configured by connecting two inertia bodies via a shaft having spring rigidity equal to a predetermined nominal value set to be a lower limit value in an assumed variation range of spring rigidity of the connection shaft. The variation transfer function is a positive real function. Spring rigidity in the nominal plant Na increases from the nominal value.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-Myl9 antibody or a Myl9 binding fragment thereof that binds to Myl9 and may inhibit the interaction between Myl9 and CD69 in humans, as well as a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. A mouse anti-human/mouse Myl9 monoclonal antibody having binding affinity against Myl9 was obtained, and the sequence for the complementarity determining region (CDR) of said mouse anti-human/mouse Myl9 monoclonal antibody was identified. Accordingly, a humanized antibody comprising the CDR sequence of said mouse anti-human/mouse Myl9 monoclonal antibody in the variable region of heavy and light chains was produced.

Abstract: A method of treating or reducing at least one inflammatory condition or the susceptibility to at least one inflammatory condition is provided involving administering at least one CD69 antagonist to a subject, wherein the subject has been diagnosed with at least one inflammatory condition, or a susceptibility to the same. CD69 antagonists can include one or more of an anti-CD69 antibody, an anti-CD69 aptamer, a CD69 mRNA antagonist, and a small molecule pharmaceutical.

Abstract: Methods of producing hepatocyte lineage cells are provided. The method can include transfecting a cell with one or more expression vectors. For example, a cell can be transfected with a first expression vector containing a first gene that encodes CCAAT/enhancer binding protein alpha (CEBPA), a second expression vector containing a second gene that encodes CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta (CEBPB), a third expression vector containing a third gene that encodes forkhead box A1 (FOXA1), and a fourth expression vector containing a fourth gene that encodes forkhead box A3 (FOXA3). The method can include culturing the transfected cell obtained in a growth environment. The transfected cell can be cultured in Williams' E medium, ReproFF (feeder-free media maintaining pluripotency) medium, or both. Transfected and/or hepatocyte lineage cells obtained by a method of the present invention are also provided.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to find a marker by which progression of arteriosclerosis can be directly grasped, to thereby provide motivation for prevention or treatment of arteriosclerosis itself, and to provide means for accurately grasping condition of arteriosclerosis-related disease including arteriosclerotic disease. The invention provides a method for acquiring data on progression of arteriosclerosis, the method including determining a level of an antibody against SH3BP5 protein or a part thereof in a body fluid sample collected from a biological body, and a data acquisition kit for performing the data acquisition method.

Abstract: Provided is a novel compound having rapid and long-lasting therapeutic effects on diseases exhibiting depressive symptoms. Specifically, provided are an agent for prevention and/or treatment of a depressive symptom, consisting of R(?)-ketamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and/or treatment of a depressive symptom, comprising R(?)-ketamine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in an effective amount for reducing a depressive symptom, and being substantially free of S(+)-ketamine, and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to human CD69, has an activity to suppress allergic inflammation, and has cross-reactivity with mouse CD69. In addition, the present invention provides an antibody having high binding affinity for human CD69 and an activity to suppress allergic inflammations. The antibody of the present invention can be a human antibody.

Abstract: A nobel therapeutic agent for diabetes which can suppress occurrence of side effects such as persistent hypoglycemia is provided. The active ingredient is a derivative of 1,1-diphenylsemicarbazide or 1,1-diphenylthiosemicarbazide. In particular, the active ingredient is a derivative of 1,1-diphenyl-4-cyclohexyl-semicarbazide or 1,1-diphenyl-4-cyclohexyl-thiosemicarbazide exhibiting hypoglycemic action when orally administered.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal compound that can obtain a high-speed response and a sufficient contrast ratio in switching of a display device. A compound represented by formula (1) described below is utilized. In formula (1), ring A is naphthylene, phenantolylene or anthracenylene, and in the groups, at least one piece of hydrogen may be replaced by halogen, —CH3, —C2H5, —CF3, —CHF2, —CH2F, —OCF3, —OCHF2 or —OCH2F; and X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 are independently hydrogen or fluorine, but at least two or more of X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 is fluorine.

Abstract: Methods of diagnosing, confirming a diagnosis of, and determining a predisposition for a bipolar disorder in a subject are provided. An amount of at least one of biomarker from the cerebrospinal fluid and/or serum of a subject is measured, for example, isocitric acid. The amount of the at least one biomarker can be compared with a control amount of the at least one biomarker in a corresponding sample collected from a subject without the bipolar disorder. An increase or decrease in the amount of the particular biomarker or biomarkers measured can be indicative that the subject has the bipolar disorder or a predisposition for the bipolar disorder. Methods of identifying a compound for preventing and/or treating a bipolar disorder are also provided based on the expression level of an isocitric acid dehydrogenase 3 alpha and/or beta-subunit gene, and/or based on one or more metabolite biomarker.

Abstract: The present invention intended to provide an artificial polyclonal immunoglobulin composition having a high therapeutic effect and high safety, and being capable of stable supply in a large amount. Specifically provided is an artificial polyclonal immunoglobulin composition containing, as active ingredients, 204 polypeptides represented by amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 204 of the sequence listing, the polypeptides being plural kinds of single chain variable fragments (also referred to as ScFvs) each comprised of a heavy chain variable region, heavy chain constant region 1, and hinge region (VH-CH1-hinge) of an immunoglobulin, in which the heavy chain variable regions are different each other.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an artificial polyclonal immunoglobulin composition or artificial immunoglobulin fragment composition having a high therapeutic effect and high safety, and being capable of stable supply in a large amount. Specifically provided is an artificial polyclonal immunoglobulin composition containing, as active ingredients, 204 polypeptides represented by amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 204 of the sequence listing, the polypeptides being plural kinds of single chain variable fragments (also referred to as ScFvs) each comprised of a heavy chain variable region, heavy chain constant region 1, and hinge region (VH-CH1-hinge) of an immunoglobulin, in which the heavy chain variable regions are different each other. An artificial immunoglobulin fragment composition is also provided that can include at least one polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 204, for example, SEQ ID NO. 31.

Abstract: Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition includes a physiological solution containing a dendritic cell as an active component and plasma. The dendritic cell expresses a CD1d molecule on a surface thereof, and the CD1d molecule is bound with ?-galactosylceramide. A concentration of the plasma is 40 volume/volume % or higher to a total volume of the composition.

Abstract: Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.

Abstract: A method for quantitatively evaluating chromatin structural changes using pixel imaging of the nucleus is provided. Pixel imaging of the nucleus can include capturing one or more images of a nucleus of one or more nucleic acid stain treated cells. The stain intensity can be measured by quantitating the intensity. The mean and/or standard deviation of stain intensity per pixel can be used to determine chromatin condensation levels or chromatin structural change.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a respiratory condition, including: a signal acquiring section which is configured to acquire a signal corresponding to a respiratory flow of a subject; a first index producing section which is configured to produce a first index related to the respiratory flow of the subject obtained from the signal; a second index producing section which is configured to produce a second index related to a respiratory demand of the subject predicted from the first index; a third index producing section which is configured to produce a third index related to a respiratory effort of the subject based on the first index and the second index; and an outputting section which is configured to output the third index.

Abstract: Provided are a method of inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells, such as induced pluripotent stem cells (hereinafter abbreviated as iPS cells), to hepatocytes in a short period of time, and a substance to be used in the method. Specifically, provided are a method of producing a cell culture formed substantially of hepatoblasts, the method including culturing pluripotent stem cells, such as iPS cells, in a culture medium having a composition shown in Table 1 below, and a culture medium for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into hepatoblasts, which has a composition shown in Table 1 below.