Kumamoto University

Mect Corporation

Hirofumi Kai

Takayuki Ishii

Takeshi Miyata

Kazuo Takahama

Tatsuya Kondo

Keiji Komatsu

Ann Soten Mary Suico

Tsuyoshi Shuto

Eiichi Araki

Provided is a new means for suppressing inflammation or suppressing inflammatory cytokine production. Provided is a device in which a weak pulse current is passed through a living body or living tissue to suppress inflammation in the living body or the living tissue. This device is provided with a power supply means, and a current control means for receiving a supply of power to intermittently apply a direct current at prescribed intervals, and is configured such that the current control means includes a pulse width modulation control means, and the pulse width modulation control means generates a pulse wave that is a rectangular wave, and in which the time indicating a peak value for rising in one cycle of the pulse wave ('pulse duration') is at least 0.1 millisecond, the peak value is 1.0-20 V, inclusive, and the duty ratio of the pulse wave is at least 5.5%.

Device for suppressing inflammation and hyperimmunity, and method for suppressing inflammation and hyperimmunity

A preparation for treating immune complex diseases which comprises injection containing the following compound: ##STR1## wherein when n is 1, Z represents a hydrogen, lithium, potassium, sodium, ammonium or organic ammonium, and when n is 2, Z represents calcium, barium or magnesium, as an active ingredient and pharmacologically acceptable carrier. The preparation of the present invention may be used in any administration method such as hypodermic, intramuscular and intravenous.

Method for treating immune complex diseases with n-acetylneuraminic acid

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Kumamoto, Japan

Hirofumi Kai