Patents Assigned to Eiichi Gohda
  • Hepatocyte growth factor
    Patent number: 5004805
    Abstract: A hepatocyte growth factor comprising a proteinous substance derived from human blood and showing the following physicochemical properties and physiologic activity:(i) its molecular weight is estimated to be approximately 76,000 to 92,00 by SDS-PAGE analysis (under non-reductive conditon);(ii) it possesses HGF activity;(iii) the HGF activity is inactivated by heat treatment for 10 minutes at 80.degree. C.;(iv) the HGF activity may be lost by digestion with trypsin or with chymotrypsin; and(v) it has a high affinity for heparin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Assignees: Shuji Hashimoto, Yasushi Daikuhara, Eiichi Gohda, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Gohda, Hirohito Tsubouchi, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Shuichi Hirono, Kozo Takahashi, Shuji Hashimoto, Yasushi Daikuhara