Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a bone disease comprising, as an active ingredient, a protein comprising an extracellular cysteine-rich domain, which is from the Frizzled receptor selected from the group consisting of mammalian animal-derived Frizzled 1, Frizzled 2, and Frizzled 7 and has activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a mutant of such domain having sequence identity of 85% or higher to the amino acid sequence of the domain and having activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a bone disease comprising, as an active ingredient, a protein comprising an extracellular cysteine-rich domain, which is from the Frizzled receptor selected from the group consisting of mammalian animal-derived Frizzled 1, Frizzled 2, and Frizzled 7 and has activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a mutant of such domain having sequence identity of 85% or higher to the amino acid sequence of the domain and having activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a bone disease comprising, as an active ingredient, a protein comprising an extracellular cysteine-rich domain, which is from the Frizzled receptor selected from the group consisting of mammalian animal-derived Frizzled 1, Frizzled 2, and Frizzled 7 and has activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a mutant of such domain having sequence identity of 85% or higher to the amino acid sequence of the domain and having activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the protein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a protein comprising a truncated form of an extracellular region protein of Frizzled 2, which has higher secretion activity than that of a known protein comprising an extralellular cysteine-rich domain of Frizzled 2 in a production cell and bone mass-increasing activity higher than or equal to that of the known protein, or DNA encoding said protein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a protein comprising a truncated form of an extracellular region protein of Frizzled 2, which has higher secretion activity than that of a known protein comprising an extralellular cysteine-rich domain of Frizzled 2 in a production cell and bone mass-increasing activity higher than or equal to that of the known protein, or DNA encoding said protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a bone disease comprising, as an active ingredient, a protein comprising an extracellular cysteine-rich domain, which is from the Frizzled receptor selected from the group consisting of mammalian animal-derived Frizzled 1, Frizzled 2, and Frizzled 7 and has activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a mutant of such domain having sequence identity of 85% or higher to the amino acid sequence of the domain and having activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of a bone disease comprising, as an active ingredient, a protein comprising an extracellular cysteine-rich domain, which is from the Frizzled receptor selected from the group consisting of mammalian animal-derived Frizzled 1, Frizzled 2, and Frizzled 7 and has activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a mutant of such domain having sequence identity of 85% or higher to the amino acid sequence of the domain and having activity of increasing bone mass, bone density, and/or bone strength, or a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the protein.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising gastrointestinal proliferative factor (GIPF) polynucleotides and polypeptides. The invention further relates to the therapeutic use of GIPF to prevent or treat conditions or disorders associated with the degeneration of the epithelial mucosa.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising gastrointestinal proliferative factor (GIPF) polynucleotides and polypeptides. The invention further relates to the therapeutic use of GIPF to prevent or treat conditions or disorders associated with the degeneration of the epithelial mucosa.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chimeric non-human animal expressing a desired protein, and a chimeric non-human animal or an offspring thereof expressing a desired protein. The present invention also relates to a method for analyzing the functions of a desired protein or a gene encoding the protein by comparing the phenotype of the above chimeric non-human animal with that of a corresponding wild-type animal.

Abstract: This invention provides: a pluripotent cell derived from a non-human animal comprising foreign DNA that encodes a desired protein in such a manner that the expression of the desired protein is regulated by the control region of a gene expressed in certain cells and/or tissue, wherein the foreign DNA is bound to a nucleic acid fragment comprising a promoter/the whole or part of 5? non-translational region/a leader sequence coding region derived from a gene expressed in certain cells and/or tissue, and wherein in said cell one or more drug resistant marker genes used for introducing the foreign DNA into the genome have been removed; a chimeric non-human animal that is prepared from the pluripotent cell and highly expresses the desired protein, or a progeny thereof; a method for producing a desired protein using the chimeric animal; and a method for analyzing in vivo function of a desired gene using the chimeric animal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-tumor agent comprising a human R-spondin including R-spondin1 (GIPF), R-spondin2, R-spondin3 or R-spondin4, or a fragment thereof which has human R-spondin activity as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising gastrointestinal proliferative factor (GIPF) polynucleotides and polypeptides. The invention further relates to the therapeutic use of GIPF to prevent or treat conditions or disorders associated with the degeneration of the epithelial mucosa.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: (Met)n Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Cys Leu Glu Gln Val Arg Lys Ile Gln Gly Asp Gly Ala Ala Leu Gln Glu Lys Leu Cys Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Cys His Pro Glu Glu Leu Val Leu Leu Gly His Ser Leu Gly Ile Pro Trp Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys Pro Ser Gln Ala Leu Gln Leu Ala Gly Cys Leu Ser Gln Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln Gly Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Gly Pro Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Gln Leu Asp Val Ala Asp Phe Ala Thr Thr Ile Trp Gln Gln Met Glu Glu Leu Gly Met Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro Thr Gln Gly Ala Met Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala Phe Gln Arg Arg Ala Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala Ser His Leu Gln Ser Phe Leu Glu Val Ser Tyr Arg Val Leu Arg Hi

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: (Het)n Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Cys Leu Glu Gln Val Arg Lys Ile Gln Gly Asp Gly Ala Ala Leu Gln Glu Lys Leu Cys Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Cys His Pro Glu Glu Leu Val Leu Leu Gly His Ser Leu Gly Ile Pro Trp Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys Pro Ser Gln Ala Leu Gln Leu Ala Gly Cys Leu Ser Gln Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln Gly Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Gly Pro Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Gln Leu Asp Val Ala Asp Phe Ala Thr Thr Ile Trp Gln Gln Het Glu Glu Leu Gly Het Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro Thr Gln Gly Ala Het Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala Phe Gln Arg Arg Ala Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala Ser His Leu Gln Ser Phe Leu Glu Val Ser

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of enhancing an efficiency of homologous recombination when a gene encoding a desired protein known or unknown in terms of function is introduced into a genome of a pluripotent cell such as ES cell. More particularly, the present invention relates to: a non-human animal-derived pluripotent cell comprising a foreign enhancer at a site downstream of an immunoglobulin gene on chromosome; a non-human animal pluripotent cell comprising a gene, which encodes a desired protein at a site downstream of the immunoglobulin gene and upstream of the foreign enhancer on the chromosome, said gene being in an overexpressible state; a method of establishing said pluripotent cell; and a chimeric non-human animal and its progeny produced by use of the pluripotent cells and a method of producing the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising gastrointestinal proliferative factor (GIPF) polynucleotides and polypeptides. The invention further relates to the therapeutic use of GIPF to prevent or treat conditions or disorders associated with the degeneration of the epithelial mucosa.

Abstract: The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising gastrointestinal proliferative factor (GIPF) polynucleotides and polypeptides. The invention further relates to the therapeutic use of GIPF to prevent or treat conditions or disorders associated with the degeneration of the epithelial mucosa.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a chimeric non-human animal expressing a desired protein, and a chimeric non-human animal or an offspring thereof expressing a desired protein. The present invention also relates to a method for analyzing the functions of a desired protein or a gene encoding the protein by comparing the phenotype of the above chimeric non-human animal with that of a corresponding wild-type animal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: 1 (Met) n Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln Ser Phe Leu Leu Cys Cys Leu Glu Gln Val Arg Lys Ile Gln Gly Asp Gly Ala Ala Leu Gln Glu Lys Leu Cys Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Cys His Pro Glu Glu Leu Val Leu Leu Gly His Ser Leu Gly Ile Pro Trp Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys Pro Ser Gln Ala Leu Gln Leu Ala Gly Cys Leu Ser Gln Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu lyr Gln Gly Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Gly Pro Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Gln Leu Asp Val Ala Asp Phe Ala Thr Thr Ile Trp Gln Gln Met Glu Glu Leu Gly Met Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro Thr Gln Gly Ala Met Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala Phe Gln Arg Arg Ala Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala Ser His L