Abstract: A compound represented by the following formula (1) is provided: wherein X represents a sulfur atom or —CH?CH—; A1 to A4 each independently represent a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom, and at least one of A1 to A4 is a nitrogen atom; R1 represents any one of a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolyl group (or a 3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-quinolyl group), a 3,4-dihydro-4,4-dimethyl-1(2H)-quinolyl group, a 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1-benzazepinyl group, or a substituent represented by the following formula (2): wherein R4 represents a 2,3,4-trifluorophenyl group, a 4-iodophenyl group, a 2,3-difluorophenyl group, a 3,5-difluorophenyl group, a 5-fluoro-2-methylphenyl group, a 3-pentafluorosulfanylphenyl group, a 2,6-dimethylphenyl group, a 4-benzyloxyphenyl group, a 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl group, a 4-tert-butylphenyl group, a 3-methoxyphenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted pyridyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted naphthyl group; R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a l

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compound inhibiting the binding between ALS-related mutant SOD1 and Derlin-1, a medicament comprising the compound, and a method for treating ALS by administering the medicament to a patient.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing a compound that is useful for preventing or treating diseases associated with malfunctioning of PGI2 receptors, in particular, pulmonary hypertension. [Solution] A positive allosteric regulator of a PGI2 receptor which comprises a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof. (1) (In the formula, R1 is a branched chain or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl having 3 to 10 carbon atoms which may be substituted, R2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, R3 is 1 to 4 substituents which are the same or different independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, and an alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may be substituted, and A is an aryl which may be substituted or a heteroaryl which may be substituted.

Abstract: A chromosome DNA which codes for human hepatocyte growth factor, a recombinant expression vector capable of expressing the DNA, a transformant transformed with the expression vector and a method of producing recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor. The DNA and polypeptide of the present invention are expected to serve well for hepatocyte cultivation reagents, liver regeneration promoters, various researches, clinical diagnostic reagents and therapeutic drugs for liver diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a macrophage stimulating protein wherein a cysteine residue at position 672 from the N-terminus in the amino acid sequence of native form macrophage stimulating protein is deleted or substituted by another amino acid residue, e.g., an alanine residue; a DNA fragment encoding the protein; a recombinant vector including the DNA fragment; a host cell transformed with the recombinant vector; and a method for culturing the transformed host cell and recovering a macrophage stimulating protein variant from the cultured host cell.