Patents by Inventor Hirochika Kitagawa

Hirochika Kitagawa 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).

  • Method for screening for vitamin D receptor ligands
    Patent number: 8030016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a screening method for a compound and includes a step of detecting binding between a vitamin D receptor and CDP. A novel method enabling screening in vitro of a compound having strong bone forming action and low side effects, a compound participating in osteoblast differentiation and selected by the method of screening, a therapeutic agent containing the compound for diseases intervening in the increase in vitamin D-mediated transcriptional activity by a complex of a vitamin D receptor and CDP, and a kit for performing the screening method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignees: Teijin Pharma Limited, The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Eiji Ochiai, Kazuyoshi Yamaoka, Ken-ichiro Takagi, Yu Tsushima, Shigeaki Kato, Hirochika Kitagawa, Ichiro Takada