Patents by Inventor Ayako Mita

Ayako Mita 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).

  • BLOOD INSULIN RESISTANCE AND DIABETES MARKER PROGRANULIN, METHOD FOR ANALYZING CONCENTRATION OF PROGRANULIN IN BLOOD SAMPLE, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR SUBSTANCE THAT IMPROVES INSULIN RESISTANCE AND IMPROVES OR SUPPRESSES DIABETES
    Publication number: 20130210039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a marker capable of detecting insulin resistance and diabetes in a collected blood sample, a method for analyzing said marker, a method for screening a substance improving insulin resistance, and improving or suppressing diabetes. A blood insulin resistance marker and a blood diabetes marker, which comprises a polypeptide comprising at least 15 continuous amino acids in an amino acid sequence constituting progranulin. A method for analyzing a blood marker, which comprises the steps of: measuring a concentration of an insulin resistance marker or a diabetes marker in a collected blood sample; and comparing the measured concentration with a normal blood concentration of the marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Toshiya Matsubara, Makoto Watanabe, Susumu Seino, Kohtaro Minami, Osamu Nishimura, Ayako Mita