Abstract: The present invention provides a method for quantifying modified HDL contained in a sample, comprising binding a modified HDL to a modified HDL-binding protein, and quantifying a complex of the modified HDL-binding protein and the modified HDL, wherein the modified HDL-binding protein comprises a protein having a sequence of an L chain region of Factor V, or a variant thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for quantifying adiponectin including quantifying adiponectin while distinguishing between an adiponectin having physiological activity and an adiponectin having pathological activity in a quantification of adiponectin in body fluid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-or-fat processed starch that has exceptional performance when used as a raw ingredient of a coating for fried foods, etc. The oil-or-fat processed starch is characterized in that the amount of carbohydrates having a degree of polymerization of 1-3 in the sugar composition of a water-soluble fraction of an aqueous suspension is 3-20 mass %. A coating for fried foods according to the present invention is characterized by containing the aforementioned oil-or-fat processed starch. A method for producing a coating for fried foods according to the present invention is characterized in that the aforementioned oil-or-fat processed starch is added as a raw ingredient of a coating for fried foods. Moreover, a method for producing fried foods according to the present invention is characterized in that the aforementioned coating for fried foods is bonded to a main ingredient and then subjected to an oil-heating treatment.

Abstract: A fusion protein being a lipid-free reference standard having good long-term storability, which is used for measuring the quantity or quality of modified HDL, and a method for accurately, repeatability and reliably measuring high-density lipoprotein using the same. In the fusion protein, a complete protein sequence or partial fragment protein sequence for ApoA I is linked directly or via a spacer to a LOX-1 binding protein sequence that binds to a lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor: LOX-1. The method for measuring a modified high-density lipoprotein in a test sample is a method for measuring a modified high-density lipoprotein through binding of the modified high-density lipoprotein to LOX-1 and an anti-APOA I antibody, wherein, using the fusion protein as a reference standard for the modified high-density lipoprotein, the modified high-density lipoprotein in the test sample is determined by comparison with the reference standard through optical detection and/or radiation dosage detection.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-blood coagulant capable of selectively suppressing a pathological blood coagulation reaction without increasing the risk of major bleeding. The anti-blood coagulant in accordance with the present invention includes a binding inhibiting component that inhibits the binding of LOX-1 to at least one of factor V and factor Va.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-blood coagulant capable of selectively suppressing a pathological blood coagulation reaction without increasing the risk of major bleeding. The anti-blood coagulant in accordance with the present invention includes a binding inhibiting component that inhibits the binding of LOX-1 to at least one of factor V and factor Va.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oxidized LDL inhibitor that is capable of (i) binding specifically to oxidized LDL, (ii) suppressing the physiological activity of oxidized LDL, and (iii) inhibiting the uptake of oxidized LDL into cells. The oxidized LDL inhibitor according to the present invention contains a Del-1 protein as an active ingredient. The Del-1 protein consists, for example, of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides an oxidized LDL inhibitor that is capable of (i) binding specifically to oxidized LDL, (ii) suppressing the physiological activity of oxidized LDL, and (iii) inhibiting the uptake of oxidized LDL into cells. The oxidized LDL inhibitor according to the present invention contains a Del-1 protein as an active ingredient. The Del-1 protein consists, for example, of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.