Patents by Inventor Kensei Tsuzuka

Kensei Tsuzuka 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 of screening Baff suppressor or inhibitor
    Patent number: 7846662
    Abstract: A method of screening a novel BAFF suppressor or inhibitor. More specifically speaking, a method which comprises adding a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody to a cultured human cell to thereby induce the production of BAFF by the cell; a method of screening a substance capable of suppressing the expression or activity of BAFF which comprises adding a test substance to a BAFF-production system prepared by adding a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody to a cultured human cell and measuring the expression amount and/or the activity of BAFF in the BAFF-production system; and a BAFF production inducer for a BAFF-producing cell which contains a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Kowa Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Takeuchi, Kensei Tsuzuka, Keiko Yoshimoto