Patents by Inventor Masahiko Watabe

Masahiko Watabe 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).

  • Screening method of glutathione-increasing substance
    Patent number: 8551711
    Abstract: As a means for treating diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, malignant tumors and infectious diseases, a method for screening a substance increasing glutathione is provided. According to this method, by contacting a test substance with a cell expressing a GTRAP3-18 protein, a substance decreasing the amount of expression of the GTRAP3-18 protein or inhibiting a function of the GTRAP3-18 protein is specified as a target substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Teikyo University
    Inventors: Toshio Nakaki, Masahiko Watabe, Koji Aoyama
  • Screening Method of Glutathione-Increasing Substance
    Publication number: 20090162886
    Abstract: As a means for treating diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, malignant tumors and infectious diseases, a method for screening a substance increasing glutathione is provided. According to this method, by contacting a test substance with a cell expressing a GTRAP3-18 protein, a substance decreasing the amount of expression of the GTRAP3-18 protein or inhibiting a function of the GTRAP3-18 protein is specified as a target substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Toshio Nakaki, Masahiko Watabe, Koji Aoyama