Abstract: The present invention provides a complex, which comprises a cationic liposome comprising 2-O-(2-diethylaminoethyl)carbamoyl-1,3-O-dioleoylglycerol and a phospholipid as main ingredients, and an oligo nucleic acid which is carried on the liposome. Also, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the complex to be used for treating or preventing diseases caused by a target molecule of the oligo nucleic acid (target DNA, target RNA, target protein) since it is possible to administer the complex in vivo and to put the complex into practical use as a medicament because the complex can exhibit pharmacological efficacy in vivo.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oligo double-stranded RNAs for use in knockdown of the expression of Bcl-2 protein known as a suppressor for apoptosis, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. It is known that Bcl-2 protein is over-expressed in diseases such as cancer, and by this over-expression, the growth of cancer cells is continued and the drug resistance to anti-cancer agents is caused. The present invention provides highly active oligo double-stranded RNAs cleaving bcl-2 mRNA and further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a complex of the oligo double-stranded RNA and a suitable carrier for inhibiting the expression of Bcl-2 protein.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a novel medicinal agent useful in the treatment or the prevention of hepatitis. The present invention is, for example, a therapeutic or preventive agent for hepatitis characterized in that it comprises a complex of a drug carrier consisting essentially of 2-O-(2-diethylaminoethyl)-carbamoyl-1,3-O-dioleoylglycerol and a phospholipid with poly(I).poly(C).

Abstract: The present invention provides a complex, which comprises a cationic liposome comprising 2-O-(2-diethylaminoethyl)carbamoyl-1,3-O-dioleoylglycerol and a phospholipid as main ingredients, and an oligo nucleic acid which is carried on the liposome. Also, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing the complex to be used for treating or preventing diseases caused by a target molecule of the oligo nucleic acid (target DNA, target RNA, target protein) since it is possible to administer the complex in vivo and to put the complex into practical use as a medicament because the complex can exhibit pharmacological efficacy in vivo.

Abstract: The present invention provides an amide derivative represented by the following formula [1]: wherein n represents 0 or 1; X represents CR4 or N; Y represents CR6 or N; Z represents CR7 or N; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and each represents hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, acyl, optionally substituted aryl, or an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic group; R4, R5, R6 and R7 may be the same or different and each represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, amino, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, arylalkyl, cyano, or nitro; and R3 represents optionally substituted alkylamino, optionally substituted arylamino, or optionally substituted cyclic amino, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising them as an active ingredient. The compound of the present invention is useful as a TGF-? inhibitor.

Abstract: A method for producing a composition including a nucleic-acid-containing complex is characterized in that two single strand nucleic acid polymers which can at least partly form double strands are separately mixed, in a single strand form, with a cationic carrier or with source materials for the cationic carrier before the cationic carrier is formed. The resulting mixture is then dispersed in water during the production process of the nucleic-acid-containing complex.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of examining efficacy of treatment with a nucleotide or a nucleoside having antitumor- or antivirus activity in individual patients beforehand, which method is mainly connected to tailor-made therapy, a method of screening for agents potentially having antitumor or antivirus activity, and method of investigating the mechanism of action of an antitumor or antivirus agent in vivo.

Abstract: A method for producing a composition including a nucleic-acid-containing complex is characterized in that two single strand nucleic acid polymers which can at least partly form double strands are separately mixed, in a single strand form, with a cationic carrier or with source materials for the cationic carrier before the cationic carrier is formed. The resulting mixture is then dispersed in water during the production process of the nucleic-acid-containing complex.

Abstract: A method for producing a composition including a nucleic-acid-containing complex is characterized in that two single strand nucleic acid polymers which can at least partly form double strands are separately mixed, in a single strand form, with a cationic carrier or with source materials for the cationic carrier before the cationic carrier is formed. The resulting mixture is then dispersed in water during the production process of the nucleic-acid-containing complex.

Abstract: Cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP derivatives, such as 8-bromoadenosine-3', 5'-cyclic methylphosphonate, are effective in inhibiting phosphodiesterases.