Patents by Inventor Akiko Furihata

Akiko Furihata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080312093
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in gastric carcinoma as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells among these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Itaru Sonoda, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080108061
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in brain tumor as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells among these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki, Itaru Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20080032943
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in thyroid carcinoma as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells among these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Itaru Sonoda, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20080015160
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in pancreatic carcinoma as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells amond these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Itaru Sonoda, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070161019
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in lung cancer as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells amond these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki, Itaru Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20070161018
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in bile duct cancer as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells amond these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Itaru Sonoda, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070154916
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in myeloma as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells amond these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Itaru Sonoda, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070154915
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to find a cancer-associated gene to be used as an index for detecting canceration of cells and degree of malignancy of cancer, so as to to provide a method for detecting cancer using the cancer-associated gene as an index and provide a method of suppressing/treating cancer using the cancer-associated gene as essential part. According to the present invention, specific genes which are amplified or deleted in large intestine cancer as compared with normal cell have been collectively found, and a method for detecting cancer using amplification or deletion of these cancer-associated genes as an index is provided. Further, cancer can be suppressed by introducing a gene which is deleted in cancer cells amond these cancer-associated genes into cancer and inhibiting the transcription product of the gene amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Johji Inazawa, Issei Imoto, Jun Inoue, Akiko Furihata, Sana Yokoi, Itaru Sonoda, Hideaki Tanami, Hiroyuki Izumi, Kuniyasu Saigusa, Shin Hayashi, Hisashi Takada, Ayako Suzuki