Patents by Inventor Yasushi Fujio

Yasushi Fujio 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).

  • Use of interleukin-11 as therapeutic agent for heart disease
    Patent number: 8361966
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates the myocardial protective effects of interleukin 11 in vivo, and provides preventive, therapeutic, or other types of drugs for heart disease using interleukin 11 as the active ingredient. The present invention, by utilizing the myocardial protective effects of interleukin 11, can suppress the progress of myocardial injury, prevent the onset of heart failure, or suppress the progress of heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Junichi Azuma, Yasushi Fujio, Ryusuke Kimura, Makiko Maeda, Atsushi Arita, Masanori Obana, Takashi Ito, Tsuyoshi Fukuda
  • USE OF INTERLEUKIN-11 AS THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR HEART DISEASE
    Publication number: 20100093976
    Abstract: The present invention demonstrates the myocardial protective effects of interleukin 11 in vivo, and provides preventive, therapeutic, or other types of drugs for heart disease using interleukin 11 as the active ingredient. The present invention, by utilizing the myocardial protective effects of interleukin 11, can suppress the progress of myocardial injury, prevent the onset of heart failure, or suppress the progress of heart failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Junichi Azuma, Yasushi Fujio, Ryusuke Kimura, Makiko Maeda, Atsushi Arita, Masanori Obana, Takashi Ito, Tsuyoshi Fukuda
  • GENE POLYMORPHISM USEFUL FOR ASSISTANCE/THERAPY FOR SMOKING CESSATION
    Publication number: 20100003681
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determination of a smoking trend in a subject which is useful for the assistance or therapy for smoking cessation, which comprises the steps of detecting one or more polymorphisms occurring on one or more genes selected from the genes (1) to (3) or a genome or in the neighborhood of the genes or the genome and determining the smoking trend based on the results of the detection: (1) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ?2 subunit (CHRNB2) gene; (2) serotonin transporter (SLC6A4(5HTT)) gene; and (3) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ?4 subunit (CHRNA4) gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Junichi Azuma, Yasushi Fujio, Chieko Taniguchi, Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Makiko Maeda, Tomoko Kubota, Etsuko Tange, Risa Ueki