Patents by Inventor Seitaro Fujishima

Seitaro Fujishima 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).

  • Pharmaceutical composition and therapeutic method
    Publication number: 20090016987
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is, based on the finding of a novel effect of IL-18, to provide pharmaceutical compositions containing IL-18 and therapeutic methods, for preventing, improving, or treating inflammatory diseases such as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Inflammatory diseases, such as SIRS, can be prevented, improved, or treated by administering the pharmaceutical compositions according to the present invention containing IL-18 in an amount which does not bring the decreased interleukin 18 level in either plasma or liver to a higher level than normal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Naoki Aikawa, Seitaro Fujishima, Kazuhiko Sekine