Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for treating inflammatory disease. Aspects of the invention relates to administering to a subject an agent that inhibits RSK1. Another aspect of the invention relates to administering the STAT1 phosphorylation.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing method configured to further accurately calculate an absorption spectrum of blood based on light applied to a living body such as a human finger. The information processing method includes the steps of: irradiating a living body with near-infrared light having a plurality of wavelengths; measuring, based on the near-infrared light received from the living body, a pulsating signal corresponding to each of the plurality of wavelengths; performing a principal component analysis on multi-wavelength time-series data including the measured pulsating signal corresponding to each of the wavelengths so as to remove noise from the pulsating signal; and calculating an absorption spectrum based on a variation width of the pulsating signal that is removed noise.

Abstract: Provided are an in-blood component measurement method, an in-blood component measurement device, and an in-blood component measurement program, enabling more accurate measurement of a proportion of glycohemoglobin in the total hemoglobin concentration in blood. The in-blood component measurement method is designed to have a constitution including the steps of irradiating, with near-infrared light, blood that is a target to be measured for a proportion of glycohemoglobin in the total hemoglobin concentration in blood, receiving transmitted light of the near-infrared light passing through the blood, measuring an absorption spectrum of the blood on the basis of the transmitted light received, and calculating the proportion for the blood that is the target of measurement by comparing absorbance at a first wavelength range including 1450 nm in the measured absorption spectrum to absorbance at the first wavelength range in the absorption spectrum of blood in which the proportion is already known.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to improve the measurement accuracy in the measurement of the concentration of a physiologically active biological substance in a sample by a stirring turbidimetry, a light scattering method or an AL-bound beads method, wherein the purpose can be achieved by preventing the occurrence of aggregation or gelation that is caused by the stirring of a mixed solution and is not associated with the physiologically active substance.

Abstract: When an amount of visceral fat is measured using ultrasonic waves during medical examination of metabolic syndrome, three contact positions are defined on the surface of the abdominal region, and three distances inside the living body are measured by bringing a probe into contact with the surface of the abdominal region at the contact positions. Specifically, three measurement paths having a starting point at the center of the descending aorta are set, and the distances from the center to a surface of the fat layer adjacent to the surface of the body (inner surface of the subcutaneous layer) in the measurement paths are observed. An approximate area of a visceral fat region can be determined from the three distances and two angles defined by the three measurement paths, and an index value is calculated on the basis of the area. A probe holder having three holding portions is desirably used.

Abstract: To provide a lead concentration determination reagent which realizes accurate, high-sensitivity, and simple-manner determination of the lead ion concentration (also referred to simply as “lead concentration”) of a sample solution in the presence of calcium ions, and a lead concentration determination method employing the reagent. The lead concentration determination reagent contains (A) a water-soluble porphyrin derivative or a salt thereof, (B) at least one member selected from among polyacrylamide, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyethylene glycol, and (C) a calcium-ion-supplying compound.

Abstract: To provide a lead concentration determination reagent which realizes accurate, high-sensitivity, and simple-manner determination of the lead ion concentration (also referred to simply as “lead concentration”) of a sample solution in the presence of calcium ions, and a lead concentration determination method employing the reagent. The lead concentration determination reagent contains (A) a water-soluble porphyrin derivative or a salt thereof, (B) at least one member selected from among polyacrylamide, polyvinyl alcohol, and polyethylene glycol, and (C) a calcium-ion-supplying compound.

Abstract: To provide a lead concentration determination reagent which realizes accurate determination of the lead concentration of a sample solution in a simple manner with safety, even when the sample solution contains zinc ions, and a lead concentration determination method making use of the reagent. The lead concentration determination reagent contains (A) a porphyrin derivative and (B) at least one species selected from among ethylenediamine-N,N?-dipropionic acid, ethylenediamine-N,N?-diacetic acid, and 1,6-diaminohexane-N,N,N?,N?-tetraacetic acid.

Abstract: A reagent for lead assay whereby a lead concentration can be accurately assayed even if an analyte contains calcium ions, and a method for assaying the lead concentration using the reagent for lead assay are provided. The reagent for lead assay contains a porphyrin nucleus-incorporated polymer, which is obtained by radical copolymerization of a porphyrin compound with a vinylene monomer, and calcium ions.

Abstract: Provided are a method, upon radical copolymerization of a vinyl-containing porphyrin compound and a radically polymerizable monomer, thereby obtaining a porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymer, of controlling reactivity of the porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymer with a metal by selecting the radically polymerizable monomer; and a method for measuring a trace metal by measuring a change in absorbance caused by a complex forming reaction between a porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymer, which has been obtained by radical copolymerization of a vinyl-containing porphyrin compound and a radically polymerizable monomer, and a heavy metal ion, the radically polymerizable monomer being selected so as to heighten reaction selectivity of the porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymer to a metal to be measured.

Abstract: Provided are porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymers obtained by radical copolymerization of a radically polymerizable monomer with a porphyrin compound represented by formula (1) or (2): where R represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group. Also provided are a trace metal measuring reagent and a trace metal removing agent, each containing the porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymer. The porphyrin-nucleus introduced polymer can be obtained as a compound having desired properties or reactivity by making use of easily available porphyrin compounds. The polymer is useful as a reagent for measuring or an agent for removing heavy metals.