Patents by Inventor Tomoko Yanagidaira

Tomoko Yanagidaira 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).

  • Normal-tension glaucoma model and method for evaluation of test substances by using same
    Patent number: 8367887
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a simple normal-tension glaucoma model capable of spontaneously, age-dependently and surly developing conditions similar to symptoms of normal-tension glaucoma which occurs more frequently in elder people, and a method of evaluating therapeutic effect on normal-tension glaucoma whereby a drug useful in treating and diagnosing can be conveniently screened by using the normal-tension glaucoma model. A normal-tension glaucoma model comprising a nonhuman mammal, which is deficient in a transcriptional regulator NF-?Bp50 and thus spontaneously develops the normal-tension glaucoma symptom age-relatedly, an organ or a tissue thereof or cells collected from any of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Shinshu University
    Inventors: Takuma Hayashi, Yasuko Takahashi, Tomoko Yanagidaira, Shunichiro Taniguchi, Toshinori Murata
  • NORMAL-TENSION GLAUCOMA MODEL AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF TEST SUBSTANCES BY USING SAME
    Publication number: 20100204311
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a simple normal-tension glaucoma model capable of spontaneously, age-dependently and surly developing conditions similar to symptoms of normal-tension glaucoma which occurs more frequently in elder people, and a method of evaluating therapeutic effect on normal-tension glaucoma whereby a drug useful in treating and diagnosing can be conveniently screened by using the normal-tension glaucoma model. A normal-tension glaucoma model comprising a nonhuman mammal, which is deficient in a transcriptional regulator NF-?Bp50 and thus spontaneously develops the normal-tension glaucoma symptom age-relatedly, an organ or a tissue thereof or cells collected from any of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takuma Hayashi, Yasuko Takahashi, Tomoko Yanagidaira, Shunichiro Taniguchi, Toshinori Murata