Abstract: Methods are provided for predicting a response to an anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy based on a new biomarker and for evaluating a malignancy of cancer. The method for predicting a response of a subject to an anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy includes measuring an expression level of LAT1 in a sample collected from a cancer tissue of the subject; and predicting a response of the subject to the anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy based on the expression level of LAT1. The method for evaluating a malignancy of cancer in a subject includes staining a sample collected from a cancer tissue of the subject with an anti-LAT1 antibody and an anti-PD-L1 antibody; and evaluating a malignancy of the cancer in the subject based on a presence or absence of a LAT1-positive and PD-L1-positive site.

Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing O-(5-amino-2-phenylbenzoxazole-7-yl)methyl-3,5-dichloro-L-tyrosine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in treatment of a cancerous disease in a subject, the pharmaceutical composition being administered to the subject having a Non-Rapid (Slow and/or Intermediate) type NAT2 gene.

Abstract: Methods are provided for predicting a response to an anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy based on a new biomarker and for evaluating a malignancy of cancer. The method for predicting a response of a subject to an anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy includes measuring an expression level of LAT1 in a sample collected from a cancer tissue of the subject; and predicting a response of the subject to the anti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody therapy based on the expression level of LAT1. The method for evaluating a malignancy of cancer in a subject includes staining a sample collected from a cancer tissue of the subject with an anti-LAT1 antibody and an anti-PD-L1 antibody; and evaluating a malignancy of the cancer in the subject based on a presence or absence of a LAT1-positive and PD-L1-positive site.

Abstract: O-(5-amino-2-phenylbenzoxazol-7-yl)methyl-3,5-dichloro-L-tyrosine or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof exhibits high therapeutic effects on bile duct cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, and pancreatic cancer.

Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by the following Formula (III), a tautomer or stereoisomer of the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof used as a therapeutic agent for gout or hyperuricemia.

Abstract: A method for treating cancer includes administering to a subject in need of the treatment an anticancer agent composition that includes the following agents as active ingredients; a LAT1 inhibitor, and one or more agents selected from the group consisting of an alkylating agent, a platinum-based antineoplastic agent, an anti-metabolite, a topoisomerase inhibitor, an anti-microtubule polymerizing agent, a hormonal agent, an anti-microtubule depolymerizing agent, an anticancer antibiotic, and a molecular targeted agent.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general Formula I: a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, a solvate thereof, a chelate thereof, a non-covalent complex thereof, a pro-drug thereof, a deuterated radio-labeled analog thereof, and mixtures of any of the foregoing, wherein: A-K are individually selected from carbon or nitrogen; X?—O, —NR1, or —S; R1-11 are individually selected from the group consisting of —H, C1-C6 alkyl, C6-C14 aryl, substituted C6-C14 aryl, C1-C14-alkoxy, halogen, hydroxyl, carboxy, cyano, C1-C6-alkanoyloxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, C2-C6-alkoxycarbonyl, C2-C6-alkanoylamino, —O—R12, S—R12, —SO2—R12, —NHSO2R12 and —NHCO2R12, wherein R12 is phenyl, naphthyl, or phenyl or naphthly substituted with one to three groups selected from C1-C6-alkyl, C6-C10 aryl, C1-C6-alkoxy and halogen, and C4-C20 hydroxyheteroaryl wherein the heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Abstract: Provided are a compound represented by the following Formula (III), a tautomer or stereoisomer of the compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof used as a therapeutic agent for gout or hyperuricemia.

Abstract: A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided.

Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of breast cancer using an anti-LAT1 monoclonal antibody. Among intraductal breast neoplastic lesions, duct carcinoma in situ, which is malignant, expresses LAT1 at a significantly high level, as compared to intraductal breast papilloma, which is benign. An anti-LAT1 monoclonal antibody is useful for the discrimination between these two lesions. Further, LAT1 is expressed at a high level in most of triple negative infiltrating carcinomas, which are negative for all of ER, PgR, and HER2 that are conventional molecular targeting markers for breast cancer. Therefore, LAT1 can be used as a novel molecular targeting marker for the triple negative breast cancer.

Abstract: A blood-based biomarker for cancer includes a specific amino acid group of at least seven amino acids. The at least seven amino acids include histidine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, tryptophan, valine, and tyrosine. The specific amino acid group may further include phenylalanine. The cancer is at least one kind of cancer selected from the group consisting of liver cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, gall bladder cancer, lymph node metastatic cancer, gastric cancer, pancreas cancer, bile duct cancer, breast cancer, malignant mesothelioma, and T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

Abstract: A method for treating cancer includes administering to a subject in need of the treatment an anticancer agent composition that includes the following agents as active ingredients; a LAT1 inhibitor, and one or more agents selected from the group consisting of an alkylating agent, a platinum-based antineoplastic agent, an anti-metabolite, a topoisomerase inhibitor, an anti-microtubule polymerizing agent, a hormonal agent, an anti-microtubule depolymerizing agent, an anticancer antibiotic, and a molecular targeted agent.

Abstract: A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided.

Abstract: A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided.

Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of breast cancer using an anti-LAT1 monoclonal antibody. Among intraductal breast neoplastic lesions, duct carcinoma in situ, which is malignant, expresses LAT1 at a significantly high level, as compared to intraductal breast papilloma, which is benign. An anti-LAT1 monoclonal antibody is useful for the discrimination between these two lesions. Further, LAT1 is expressed at a high level in most of triple negative infiltrating carcinomas, which are negative for all of ER, PgR, and HER2 that are conventional molecular targeting markers for breast cancer. Therefore, LAT1 can be used as a novel molecular targeting marker for the triple negative breast cancer.

Abstract: A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general Formula I: a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, a solvate thereof, a chelate thereof, a non-covalent complex thereof, a pro-drug thereof, a deuterated radio-labeled analog thereof, and mixtures of any of the foregoing, wherein: A-K are individually selected from carbon or nitrogen; X?—O, —NR1, or —S; R1-11 are individually selected from the group consisting of —H, C1-C6 alkyl, C6-C14 aryl, substituted C6-C14 aryl, C1-C14-alkoxy, halogen, hydroxyl, carboxy, cyano, C1-C6-alkanoyloxy, C1-C6-alkylthio, C1-C6-alkylsulfonyl, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, C2-C6-alkoxycarbonyl, C2-C6-alkanoylamino, —O—R12, S—R12, —SO2—R12, —NHSO2R12 and —NHCO2R12, wherein R12 is phenyl, naphthyl, or phenyl or naphthly substituted with one to three groups selected from C1-C6-alkyl, C6-C10 aryl, C1-C6-alkoxy and halogen, and C4-C20 hydroxyheteroaryl wherein the heteroatoms are selected from the group consisting of sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Abstract: A human antibody or a functional fragment thereof having specific binding ability to CD98 which is derived from the cell membrane of cancer cells and is in the form of a complex with a protein having an amino acid transporter activity (for example, LAT1) is disclosed. This antibody binds to CD98 in the form of a dimer with LAT1 on the surface of cancer cells, specifically attacks cancer cells expressing CD98 via the immune system by ADCC or CDC, and further inhibits amino acid uptake of the cancer cells via LAT1, to suppress growth of the cancer cells. Accordingly, a preventive and therapeutic agent for cancer comprising this antibody or a fragment thereof, which acts on various cancers, is specific to cancer, and causes no side effect, is provided.

Abstract: It is intended to clarify a transportation system participating in the uric acid uptake in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and provide a novel remedy, a preventive or a treating agent for vascular disorders, hypertension and renal disorders with the use of a drug participating in this transportation system. It is also intended to provide a novel screening system for a remedy, a preventive or a treating agent for vascular disorders, hypertension and renal disorders with the use of such a transportation system.

Abstract: The present invention provides agents for preventing, improving or treating phosphorus-related disorders and oral preparations; agents high in biosafety and phosphorus adsorptive power, which contain, as an active ingredient, ferric hydroxide as produced under such conditions that a ferrous species is present.