Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to perform image formation on a sheet, a casing configured to house the image forming unit, an operation unit configured to receive an operation performed by a user, an electric wire extending from the casing to be connected to the operation unit and configured to transmit an electrical signal, a reinforcing member provided separate from and independent of the electric wire, the reinforcing member interconnecting the casing and the operation unit, and a covering configured to enclose therein the electric wire and the reinforcing member, wherein the reinforcing member is fixed to the casing and the operation unit in such a manner that a distance between a portion fixed to the casing and a portion fixed to the operation unit in the reinforcing member is shorter than a total length of the electric wire.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula: wherein Ar is an optionally substituted ring; A is a spacer having a main chain of 1 to 4 atoms; B is a bond, a C1-10 alkylene group or an oxygen atom; R3 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent; R4 is an optionally substituted cyclic group or an optionally substituted C1-10 alkyl group; and R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent, or R1 and R2 or R1 and B are bonded to form an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycle, or R1 and Ar are bonded to form an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing fused heterocycle, or a salt thereof. The thienopyrimidone compound of the present invention has a superior melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonistic action, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of obesity and the like.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specific phenylalanine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic effect on the ? 4 integrins and, therefore, are usable as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for diseases in which ? 4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperidine derivative represented by the following formula or analogs thereto, which are used for agents for treating or preventing various diseases related to 5-HT7.

Abstract: Specific phenylalanine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof have an antagonistic effect on the ?4 integrins and, therefore, are usable as therapeutic agents or preventive agents for diseases in which ?4 integrin-depending adhesion process participates in the pathology, such as inflammatory diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, asthma, psoriasis, allergy, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arterial sclerosis, restenosis, tumor proliferation, tumor metastasis and transplantation rejection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperidine derivative represented by the following formula or analogs thereto, which are used for agents for treating or preventing various diseases related to 5-HT7.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Phenylalanine derivatives of the following formulae and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ?4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ?4 integrin.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to ? 4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning ? 4 integrin.

Abstract: Aminoisoquinoline derivatives of the following formulae or analogs thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are provided. These compounds have an excellent effect of inhibiting activated blood-coagulation factor X, and they are useful as anticoagulants or agents for preventing or treating thrombi or emboli.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel serotonin antagonist and an anti-platelet agent, more particularly, a serotonin antagonist and an anti-platelet agent which potently and specifically inhibit the serotonin 2 receptor with low adverse side effect.

Abstract: Specified phenylalanine derivatives and analogues thereof have an antagonistic activity to &agr;4 integrin. They are used as therapeutic agents for various diseases concerning &agr;4 integrin.