Abstract: Chemokine receptor antagonists, in particular, compounds of Formula (I-A) that act as antagonists of the chemokine CCR2 receptor, including pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof to treat or prevent diseases associated with monocyte accumulation, lymphocyte accumulation or leukocyte accumulation are described herein.

Abstract: There is provided a transfection device having a mixture (1) immobilized on a solid-phase support (3), the mixture including: a gene sample; a gene delivery material; and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sericin, a hydrolysate thereof and a chemically modified product of sericin or a hydrolysate thereof.

Abstract: Chemokine receptor antagonists, in particular, compounds of Formula (I) that act as antagonists of the chemokine CCR2 receptor, including pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof to treat or prevent diseases associated with monocyte accumulation, lymphocyte accumulation or leukocyte accumulation are described herein.

Abstract: Chemokine receptor antagonists, in particular, compounds of Formula (I-A) that act as antagonists of the chemokine CCR2 receptor, including pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof to treat or prevent diseases associated with monocyte accumulation, lymphocyte accumulation or leukocyte accumulation are described herein.

Abstract: A cubic liquid crystal composition comprising at least one amphiphilic compound having the following general formula (1) and having an IV/OV value of 0.65 to 0.95, and water or an aqueous medium: wherein R represents a hydrophilic group; X and Y each independently represent a hydrogen atom or together form an oxygen atom; n is an integer of 0 to 4; and m is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention provides a double-stranded RNA which inhibits replication of influenza B viruses by RNA interference, in which the double-stranded RNA comprises an RNA having 19 to 25 nucleotides homologous with a part of an mRNA transcribed from a genomic RNA of the influenza B viruses and an antisense RNA thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for deriving an upstream or downstream component of a component necessary for phenotypic alteration of a living organism, the method comprising the steps of: specifying a pathway of interest related to the phenotypic alteration and a reference pathway different from the pathway of interest, and specifying a stimulant of interest and a reference stimulant which respectively stimulate the pathway of interest and the reference pathway; giving the stimulant of interest to the living organism to identify a collection of components of interest necessary for the phenotypic alteration; giving the reference stimulant to the living organism to identify a collection of reference components necessary for the phenotypic alteration; calculating an intersection between the collections of the components of interest and the reference components; and calculating a differential collection by subtracting the intersection from the collection of components of interest.

Abstract: There is provided a tool for effectively performing a meaningful analysis of a system state by using a specific index. A part having unusual behavior is extracted as an event timing from time-series data on an index derived from a system. An event descriptor describing the state of the system by using the event timing is generated. A method for generating the event descriptor associated with at least one system includes: a step (A) for acquiring time-series data on at least one index derived from at least one system; a step (B) for providing at least one peculiar behavior associated with the index; and a step (C) for extracting a part having the peculiar behavior as an event timing in the time-series data and generating an event descriptor described by the event timing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for deriving an upstream or downstream component of a component necessary for phenotypic alteration of a living organism, the method comprising the steps of: specifying a pathway of interest related to the phenotypic alteration and a reference pathway different from the pathway of interest, and specifying a stimulant of interest and a reference stimulant which respectively stimulate the pathway of interest and the reference pathway; giving the stimulant of interest to the living organism to identify a collection of components of interest necessary for the phenotypic alteration; giving the reference stimulant to the living organism to identify a collection of reference components necessary for the phenotypic alteration; calculating an intersection between the collections of the components of interest and the reference components; and calculating a differential collection by subtracting the intersection from the collection of components of interest.

Abstract: A cubic liquid crystal composition comprising at least one amphiphilic compound having the following general formula (1) and having an IV/OV value of 0.65 to 0.95, and water or an aqueous medium: wherein R represents a hydrophilic group; X and Y each independently represent a hydrogen atom or together form an oxygen atom; n is an integer of 0 to 4; and m is an integer of 0 to 3.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method whereby transfer efficiency can be improved under any conditions in the case of transferring (in particular, transfecting) a target substance that cannot easily be transferred into cells (for example, a DNA, a polypeptide, a sugar, a complex thereof or the like). Namely, a composition for elevating the transfer efficiency of a target substance into cells which contains a cell adhesion-related factor, and a device and a method using the composition.