Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing radiolabeled tyrosine derivatives with good purity and stability, by a safe method suitable for industrial production of pharmaceuticals. The invention relates to a method for producing Compound (5) and Radiolabeled Compound (6) as follows: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gold nanoparticle-containing medicine, and a treatment of a proliferative disease using the medicine. The present invention also relates to a gold nanoparticle-containing medicine that is bound to an alpha radioactive nucleus, and a treatment of a proliferative disease using the medicine.

Abstract: To develop a compound which is highly accumulated in cancer cells and capable of emitting an ?-ray and provide a pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment including the compound. A pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment including a compound having a structure in which 211At is introduced as a substituent into an amino acid derivative having an affinity with an amino acid transporter LAT1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound.

Abstract: To develop a compound which is highly accumulated in cancer cells and capable of emitting an ?-ray and provide a pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment including the compound. A pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment including a compound having a structure in which 211At is introduced as a substituent into an amino acid derivative having an affinity with an amino acid transporter LAT1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel immunostimulatory molecules which are derived from the intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. The compounds have been found to be useful for enhancing and/or inducing an immune response in a subject in need thereof. Specifically, the compounds have been found to be useful for the treatment of cancer diseases, such as breast cancer, and parasitic diseases, such as leishmaniasis. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds.

Abstract: A label with which labeling is easy when labeling a molecule, i.e., a label that has a high reaction rate upon labeling and that produces a high reaction yield, as well as a precursor for the production of the label are provided. This is achieved by a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (I), a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (II), a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (III) and a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (IV).

Abstract: A label with which labeling is easy when labeling a molecule, i.e., a label that has a high reaction rate upon labeling and that produces a high reaction yield, as well as a precursor for the production of the label are provided. This is achieved by a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (I), a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (II), a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (III) and a hexatriene-?-carbonyl compound represented by Formula (IV).

Abstract: The present invention relates to intracellular signaling molecules, in particular the Nod1 protein. The present invention provides methods of identifying modulators of Nod1 signaling. The present invention further provides methods of altering Nod1 signaling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intracellular signaling molecules, in particular the Nod1 protein. The present invention provides methods of identifying modulators of Nod1 signaling. The present invention further provides methods of altering Nod1 signaling.

Abstract: It is intended to provide novel lipopolysaccharide adsorbents (bacteriotoxin adsorbents) which can be easily synthesized and modified into various analogous structures and are usable in adsorbing various lipopolysaccharides and a method of screening the same. A method of screening a bacteriotoxin adsorbent characterized by performing a binding assay with a peptide library with the use of a lipid A radioisotope-labeled preparation wherein a radioisotope has been introduced into a phosphonoxyethyl derivative of biosynthetic precursor type lipid A or Escherichia coli type lipid A; and bacteriotoxin adsorbents comprising a specific peptide library which are found out by the above screening method.

Abstract: Azidohalogenobenzyl derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A is a halogen atom, B is a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, and X is a group reactive with a hydroxy group, methods of protecting hydroxy group(s) using said derivatives, and sugar compounds wherein a hydrogen atom of at least one hydroxy group is substituted by an azidohalogenobenzyl group. According to the present invention, there are provided novel derivatives capable of introducing a group into a compound having hydroxy group(s), which group is useful as a stable hydroxy-protecting group even in solid phase synthesis for the purpose of the extension of sugar chain under continuous acidic conditions and of being removed under mild conditions; sugar compounds protected by using said derivatives; and methods of protecting hydroxy group(s) using said derivatives.

Abstract: 2-Aminopyridine derivatives having a bifunctional or unifunctional structure and capable of serving as reactants in synthetically converting organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids or polymer resins, to desired conjugated structures suited for various purposes and detectable by fluorescence spectrometry with high sensitivity, a fluorescent labeling agent comprising the same, and methods of their production are disclosed.

Abstract: 2-Aminopyridine derivatives having a bifunctional or unifunctional structure and capable of serving as reactants in synthetically converting organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, proteins, lipids or polymer resins, to desired conjugated structures suited for various purposes and detectable by fluorescence spectrometry with high sensitivity, a fluorescent labeling agent comprising the same, and methods of their production are disclosed.