Patents Assigned to National Cancer Center Japan
  • Patent number: 11633499
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an anticancer drug capable of treating cancer by finding a target molecule specifically expressed in cancer cells and by specifically acting on the target molecule, and to provide a cancer testing method including a step of measuring the target molecule in a sample. The present invention provides an anticancer drug containing, as an active ingredient thereof, an anti-transmembrane protein 180 (TMEM-180) antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. In addition, the present invention provides a cancer testing method including a step of measuring the amount of TMEM-180 in a sample collected from a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER JAPAN, RIN INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsumura, Masahiro Yasunaga, Shinji Saijou, Shingo Hanaoka, Takahiro Anzai, Shino Manabe
  • Patent number: 11603519
    Abstract: Provided is a T cell receptor capable of binding to a peptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 27 or a complex of the peptide and HLA-A24. A T cell receptor capable of binding to a peptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 or a complex of the peptide and HLA-A02. Disclosed T cell receptors are useful in treating or avoiding cancers which are associated with expression of glypican-3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: National Cancer Center Japan, Kyoto University, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nakatsura, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Yasushi Uemura, Kyoko Fukuda, Shin Kaneko, Atsutaka Minagawa, Yoshiaki Kassai, Atsushi Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20230070866
    Abstract: A method for producing a professional antigen-presenting cell, including inducing expression of c-MYC, BMI1, and MDM2 in a myeloid cell (MC) to obtain a proliferative myeloid cell (pMC), and inducing expression of GM-CSF and/or M-CSF in the pMC to obtain a professional antigen-presenting cell (pAPC). The myeloid cell is a myeloid cell differentiated from a pluripotent stem cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: AGC INC., National Cancer Center Japan
    Inventors: Yuichiro HAGIYA, Yasushi UEMURA, Kyoko FUKUDA, Tatsuaki IWAMA
  • Patent number: 11377504
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody beneficial for treatment of a solid tumor, an antibody-drug conjugate thereof, and an anticancer agent comprising these. The present invention provides, for example, an antibody that binds to tissue factor or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, wherein the antibody has a dissociation rate constant kd of 5×10?4 s?1 or more and an association rate constant Ka of 1×104 M?1 s?1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: National Cancer Center Japan, RIN Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsumura, Masahiro Yasunaga, Shinji Saijo, Ryo Tsumura
  • Patent number: 11311626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and a composition containing the conjugate for use in treating cancer. According to the present invention, provided are an ADC of an antibody specific to insoluble fibrin and a drug in which a linker linking the antibody and the drug has a plasmin cleavage sequence, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the ADC for use in treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER JAPAN, RIN INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsumura, Shino Manabe, Hirobumi Fuchigami
  • Patent number: 11192956
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides an antibody that binds to TMEM132A, an anticancer agent and a cancer test method. [Solution] An antibody that binds to TMEM132A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER JAPAN, RIN INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsumura, Masahiro Yasunaga, Shinji Saijo, Shingo Hanaoka
  • Publication number: 20210221911
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antibody beneficial for treatment of a solid tumor, an antibody-drug conjugate thereof, and an anticancer agent comprising these. The present invention provides, for example, an antibody that binds to tissue factor or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, wherein the antibody has a dissociation rate constant kd of 5×10?4 s?1 or more and an association rate constant Ka of 1×104 M?1s?1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicants: National Cancer Center Japan, RIN Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MATSUMURA, Masahiro YASUNAGA, Shinji SAIJO, Ryo TSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20190010464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing hepatic stem/progenitor cells from mammal hepatocytes, comprising bringing a TGF?-receptor inhibitor, and optionally a GSK3 inhibitor and/or a ROCK inhibitor into contact with the hepatocytes in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: National Cancer Center Japan, Cynity Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiya, Takeshi Katsuda