Abstract: It is intended to provide a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein all the symbols are as defined in the description; which has a p38 MAP kinase inhibitory activity, a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof. The compound of the invention is useful for preventing or treating a disease in which the abnormal production of a cytokine such as an inflammatory cytokine or a chemokine or overreaction to them is considered to be involved in the cause and aggravation of pathological conditions, in other words, an inflammatory disease, a respiratory disease, a cardiovascular disease, a central nervous system disease or the like, which is a cytokine-mediated disease.

Abstract: The problem of the present invention is to provide a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for diabetes and/or complications of diabetes based on the novel mode of action. The protease-inhibiting compound according to the present invention is a compound represented by the general formula (I) [wherein all the symbols have the same meanings as described in the specification], its salt or solvate, or a prodrug thereof, is useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for diabetes and/or complications of diabetes.

Abstract: An adhesive preparation which has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprising two components, i.e., a C1-4 alcohol ester of 4-{[2-((1R,2R,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-{(1E,3S)-3-hydroxy-4-[3-(methoxymethyl)phenyl]but-1-enyl}-5-osocyclopentyl)ethyl]sulfanyl}butanoic acid and a silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive. This is an effective and safe preparation which is stable, shows little change in skin permability and release a drug not rapidly but continuously.

Abstract: An N-phenylarylsulfonylamide compound of formula (I) (R1 is COOH etc.; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, etc.; R3 and R4 are a combination of methyl and methyl, etc.; R5 is isopropyl etc.; Ar is thiazolyl, pyridyl, 5-methyl-2-furyl each optionally substituted with methyl; n is zero or 1), a synthetic intermediate for the compound and a process for its preparation. The compound of formula (I) binds to a prostaglandin E2 receptor, especially an EP1 subtype receptor, and antagonizes it. It is less affected by protein binding, so it has a satisfactory in vivo activity. Therefore, it is considered to be useful as an analgesic, an antipyretic agent, an agent for the treatment of pollakiuria (frequent urination) and/or lower urinary tract disease syndrome or an antineoplastic agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to human, rat and mouse stem cell-derived neuron survival factor polypeptides (SDNSF), a process for producing them, cDNA encoding SDNSF, a vector comprising the cDNA, host cells transformed by the vector, an antibody against SDNSF, pharmaceutical compositions containing SDNSF or the antibody, a method of assaying SDNSF, a reagent for assaying SDNSF, and a screening method using SDNSF. The polypeptides are effective in the survival of nerve cells and neuronal stem cells, therefore, efficacious in treating injury to the central nerve system and cancer.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) wherein the symbols in the formula are the same meanings as those in specification, salts thereof, solvates thereof, or prodrugs thereof binds to DP receptor and shows antagonistic activity for DP receptor. Thus, it is useful for prevention and/or treatment of diseases such as allergic disease (e.g., allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma and food allergy), systemic mastocytosis, disorders accompanied by systemic mast cell activation, anaphylaxis shock, bronchoconstriction, urticaria, eczema, diseases accompanied by itch (e.g., atopic dermatitis and urticaria), diseases (e.g., cataract, retinal detachment, inflammation, infection and sleeping disorders) which is generated secondarily as a result of behavior accompanied by itch (e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a diketohydrazine derivative of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (the symbols in the formula have the same meaning as described in the specification). The compound of formula (I) has an inhibitory activity against cysteine protease, and it is useful for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, immune diseases, ischemic diseases, respiratory diseases, circulatory diseases, blood diseases, neuronal diseases, hepatic or biliary diseases, osseous or articular diseases, metabolic diseases, etc. And the compound has inhibitory activity against elastase and it is also useful for the treatment of COPD (chronic obstacle pulmonary diseases).

Abstract: Piperidine derivatives represented by formula (I) or nontoxic salts thereof (wherein symbols are defined in the description): Since the compound represented by formula (I) has a PDE4 inhibitory activity, it is useful for preventing and/or treating inflammatory diseases, diabetic diseases, allergic diseases, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, bone fracture, obesity, depression, Parkinson's disease, dementia, ischemia-reperfusion injury, leukemia and the like.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for topical administration for prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in bone mass comprising an EP4 agonist as an active ingredient. An EP4 agonist, in which includes a compound possessing prostaglandin skeleton as a representative, possesses promoting action on bone formation, so it is useful for prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with decrease in bone mass (bone diseases such as primary osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, bone metastasis of cancer, hypercalcemia, Paget's disease, bone loss and bone necrosis, postoperative osteogenesis, alternative therapy for bone grafting).

Abstract: A compound represented by general formula (I): a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof wherein all symbols are as defined in the specification has an antagonistic activity against CXCR4 and is therefore useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for CXCR4-mediated diseases, for example, inflammatory and immune diseases (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis, retinopathy, macular degeneration, pulmonary fibrosis, transplanted organ rejection, etc.), allergic diseases, infections (for example, human immunodeficiency virus infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), psychoneurotic diseases, cerebral diseases, cardiovascular disease, metabolic diseases, cancerous diseases (for example, cancer, cancer metastasis, etc.), a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancerous diseases or infections, or an agent for regeneration therapy.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of a freeze-dried product of N-[o-(p-pivaloyloxybenzenesulfonylamino)benzoyl]glycine monosodium salt tetra-hydrate dissolved in a mixed solvent of water and ethanol, and the freeze-dried product obtained by the method. According to the present invention, N-[o-(p-pivaloyloxybenzenesulfonylamino)benzoyl]glycine monosodium salt tetra-hydrate is dissolved in a small amount of a mixed solvent of water and ethanol, and therefore it is possible to manufacture high-dosage product by freeze-drying.

Abstract: A new polypeptide prepared from human library by the SST method and a process for preparation of it; a cDNA encoding the polypeptide; a fragment selectively hybridizing with the sequence of the cDNA; a replication or expression plasmid containing the cDNA integrated thereinto; a host cell transformed with plasmid; an antibody against the polypeptide; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide or the antibody.

Abstract: A carboxylic acid derivative of formula (I): wherein R1 is —COOH, —COOR6, etc.; A is a single bond, alkylene, etc.; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, etc.; B is a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring; Q is alkylnene-Cyc2, etc.; D is a linking chain; and R3 is alkyl, a carbocyclic ring or a heterocyclic ring, or a non-toxic salt thereof. The compound of formula (I) binds to PGE2 receptor, especially subtypes EP3 and/or EP4 and show the antagonizing activity, are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases induced pain, itch, urticaria, allergy, urinary frequency, urinary disturbance, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agent for increasing BMD characterized by use of a cathepsin K inhibitor as a bone resorption inhibitor in combination with a type of PTH as a bone formation stimulator. This agent for increasing BMD is useful for the treatment of osteoporosis, bone fracture, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, hypercalcemia, osteometastasis of carcinoma, periodontal disease, bone Paget's disease and other bone metabolic diseases. For example, as the cathepsin K inhibitor, there can be mentioned a compound of formula (W) and a salt thereof, etc.

Abstract: As a substance which pharmacologically regulates the function of a cell surface functional molecule, a substance which has specificity and an activity or efficacy equal or superior to an antibody and does not require an advanced production technique and facility for application thereof to a pharmaceutical product has been demanded. The invention relates to a multimer of an extracellular domain of a cell surface functional molecule, particularly a tetramer of an extracellular domain of PD-1 or PD-L1. Further, the invention relates to an application of such a tetramer as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cancer, cancer metastasis, immunodeficiency, an infectious disease or the like and an application of PD-1 or PD-L1 as a testing or diagnostic agent or a research agent for such a disease.

Abstract: An N-phenylarylsulfonylamide compound of formula (I) (R1 is COOH etc.; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, etc.; R3 and R4 are a combination of methyl and methyl, etc.; R5 is isopropyl etc.; Ar is thiazolyl, pyridyl, 5-methyl-2-furyl each optionally substituted with methyl; n is zero or 1), a synthetic intermediate for the compound and a process for its preparation. The compound of formula (I) binds to a prostaglandin E2 receptor, especially an EP1 subtype receptor, and antagonizes it. It is less affected by protein binding, so it has a satisfactory in vivo activity. Therefore, it is considered to be useful as an analgesic, an antipyretic agent, an agent for the treatment of pollakiuria (frequent urination) and/or lower urinary tract disease syndrome or an antineoplastic agent.

Abstract: Compositions for cancer or infection treatment via immunopotentiation caused by inhibition of immunosuppressive signal induced by PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them, immunopotentiative substrates included as the active ingredient, screening methods of the substrates for cancer or infection treatment, cell lines used for the screening methods, evaluation methods that select the substrates for cancer treatment, and carcinoma cell transplanted mammals used for the evaluation methods. The compositions of the present invention that inhibits the function of PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 are useful for treatment of cancer or infection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for psychoneurotic diseases, comprising an EP3 antagonist represented by the general formula (I): (wherein the meanings of characters are defined in the description). This compound has an antagonistic potency against EP3 and exhibits efficacy through unusual action mechanism as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for psychoneurotic disorder, psychosomatic disorder, anxiety disorder, depression and disorder caused by stress.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof: wherein X, Y, and W each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; Z represents CH or a nitrogen atom; R1 represents (1) C3-10 branched alkyl which may be substituted or (2) —(CH2)m—NR4R5; R2 and R3 each independently represent (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) C1-4 alkyl which may be substituted with a halogen atom, hydroxy which may be protected, amino which may be protected, or carboxyl which may be protected, (3) C2-4 alkenyl, (4) C2-4 alkynyl, (5) nitrile, (6) COOR6, (7) CONR7R8, (8) COR101, (9) S(O)nR102, or (10) a halogen atom, in which R6 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R7 and R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R101 represents a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl, R102 represents C1-4 alkyl, n represents 1 or 2; and Ar represents an aromatic ring which may be substituted, is useful as a pharmacologically active ingredient having a CRF antagon

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide form thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof, and a medicament containing the same. The compound represented by the formula (I) has an ability to bind to an S1P receptor (particularly, EDG-1, EDG-6, and/or EDG-8) and is useful for preventing and/or treating for rejection to transplantation, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune diseases, allergic diseases, neurodegenerating diseases, and the like. wherein all symbols are described in the specification.