Abstract: Provided are an ocular surface drug-retaining agent that enables an excellent improvement in retainability of a medicament on an ocular surface and an eye drop containing the agent. An ocular surface drug-retaining agent containing a copolymer having three different kinds of constituent units at a specific ratio can express an excellent effect of retaining a medicament on an ocular surface (in particular, a corneal surface) to allow the effect or action of the drug to be sustained over a long period of time.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following General Formula (I), a tautomer or a stereoisomer of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, is used as a voltage-dependent T-type calcium channel blocker: wherein A represents a 5-membered heteroaryl group or a fused ring of a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring with a benzene ring or a pyridine ring, each of which may have a substituent; R represents a hydrogen atom or the like; B represents CR5(Q1) or NQ2, herein Q1 represents a benzimidazole group which may have a substituent, or the like; Q2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a heteroaryl group which may have a substituent, or the like; R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or the like; and n and m each represent 0, 1, or 2.

Abstract: A method for selecting an individual to be a candidate for administration of an immune checkpoint inhibitor in treatment of a tumor, comprising: (1) a step of collecting a tumor tissue from the individual, (2) a step of determining the extent of B7-H3 expression in the tumor tissue collected in step (1), and (3) a step of selecting the individual as an individual to be a candidate for administration of the immune checkpoint inhibitor if the B7-H3 expression level is considered to be negative, is provided.

Abstract: A compound represented by General Formula (I), a tautomer, a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound, or a solvate thereof is used as a voltage-dependent T-type calcium channel inhibitor, in the formula, A represents a benzene ring which may have a substituent or the like; B represents a hetero-fused ring consisting of a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl ring having one to three same or different heteroatoms selected from an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, and a nitrogen atom, and a carbon atom, as a ring-constituting atom, and a benzene ring, or the like, and the hetero-fused ring may have a substituent, and is bonded to a cyclopropyl group via a carbon atom constituting these rings; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the like; R2 and R3 may be the same as or different from each other, and each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the like, or R2 and R3 together form CH2CH2 or the like; R4 represents a hydr

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for assisting a determination of an efficacy of an immune checkpoint inhibitor, the method comprising: measuring a free protein marker in a liquid sample collected from a subject; and determining the efficacy of the immune checkpoint inhibitor in the subject based on a result of the measurement, wherein the free protein marker is at least one selected from free Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), free Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and free Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a carbon nanotube sheet that is excellent in light transmittance and conductivity, and the carbon nanotube sheet. The method includes firstly modifying of modifying a free-standing unmodified carbon nanotube sheet in which a plurality of carbon nanotubes are aligned in a predetermined direction. The firstly modifying includes performing a densification process of bringing the unmodified carbon nanotube sheet into contact with either one of or both of vapor and liquid particles of a liquid substance to produce a modified carbon nanotube sheet that contains the carbon nanotubes which are mainly aligned in a predetermined direction, and that includes a high density portion where the carbon nanotubes are assembled together and a low density portion where density of the carbon nanotubes is relatively lower than density in the high density portion.

Abstract: Provided are a novel cultivation method and a storage method that are suitable for storing bacteria belonging to the genus Collimonas for a long period of time. The cultivation method for bacteria belonging to the genus Collimonas is characterized in that bacteria belonging to the genus Collimonas are cultivated in a sealed state on a culture medium that includes a rice bran culture medium and/or a soy pulp culture medium. The storage method for bacteria belonging to the genus Collimonas is characterized in that the cultivated bacteria belonging to the genus Collimonas are stored at room temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nanoparticle composition which is prepared by a process which is characterized by dissolving a poorly water-soluble compound or the like under a high temperature and a high pressure, and milling a suspension or the like containing a uniform crystal obtained by cooling the obtained solution.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following General Formula (I), a tautomer or a stereoisomer of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, is used as a voltage-dependent T-type calcium channel blocker: wherein A represents a fused ring which may have a substituent, the fused ring being composed of a 5-membered heteroaryl group or a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring and a benzene ring or the like, the 5-membered heteroaryl group having one to three identical or different heteroatoms as a ring-constituting element(s) having at least one substituent such as an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and substituted with 1 to 5 halogen atoms; R represents a hydrogen atom or the like; B represents CR5(Q1) or NQ2, herein Q1 represents a benzimidazole group which may have a substituent; Q2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, a heteroaryl group which may have a substituent, or the like; R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 each repres

Abstract: To provide a differentiation-inducing composition and a method for producing the differentiation-inducing composition, the present disclosure describes use of a degradation product containing at least a portion of the triple helical domain of collagen or atelocollagen.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is: to produce a metabolite capable of improving drought tolerance of a plant to the same level as that achieved by abscisic acid, from a microorganism other than a microorganism that is known to be capable of producing abscisic acid; and to provide a method for improving drought tolerance of a plant using the metabolite. A method for producing a metabolite capable of improving drought tolerance using a microorganism, said method comprising culturing a microorganism that belongs to the genus Collimonas and has an ability of producing a metabolite capable of improving drought tolerance of a plant and then extracting the metabolite from a culture produced by the culturing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for various malignant tumors, including currently intractable solid tumors, which contains an antibody having the ability to bind to human LAT1/CD98 and inducing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity specifically against cancer cells as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low.

Abstract: A method for producing a cell extract having agricultural pest insecticidal capacity by culturing filamentous fungi having insecticidal capacity for an agricultural pest, and a method for insecticide produced by this production method. A method for producing a cell extract having agricultural pest insecticidal capacity provided with a step for culturing filamentous fungi in solid medium and obtaining a solid culture of the filamentous fungi, a step for culturing the filamentous fungi in liquid medium and obtaining a liquid culture of the filamentous fungi, a step for separating mycelia of the filamentous fungi from the liquid culture of the filamentous fungi, a step for mixing the liquid culture from which the mycelia have been removed and the solid culture and obtaining a mixed culture, and a step for extracting a spore solution of the filamentous fungi from this mixed culture.

Abstract: A method for transfecting nucleic acid to cell comprising a step for forming a nucleic acid complex by bringing a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule into contact with a nucleic acid carrier having an amino acid sequence of alternating a basic amino acid and a hydrophobic amino acid, which has a peptide chain that forms a ?-sheet structure in which a side chain of a positively charged basic amino acid is disposed on one surface side and a side chain of a hydrophobic amino acid is disposed on the opposite surface side in the presence of the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule having a double helix structure, and by binding the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule and the peptide chain through either one or both of the electrostatic interaction between the side chains of the basic amino acid and phosphate groups and hydrogen bonds between the double stranded-nucleic acid molecule and the peptide chain and a nucleic acid complex used for the same are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for various malignant tumors, including currently intractable solid tumors, which contains a novel antibody having the ability to bind to human LAT1/CD98 and inducing antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity specifically against cancer cells as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of identifying and treating a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and administering a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as high. The present invention is also directed to methods of identifying a human subject harboring a tumor or other disease comprising assessing HRG gene expression at a protein level in the human subject and withholding a treatment comprising an anti-HER3 antibody to the human subject whose HRG gene expression at a protein level is assessed as low.