Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Koutoku Aihara

Satoru Nakai

Michiaki Tominaga

Masakazu Adachi

Seiji Akamatsu

Hiroyuki Ichikawa

Fumio Saito

Hitomi Mori

Kazuyoshi Kawai

Hideo Tanaka

Yoshikatsu Hirai

Mayumi Kaneta

Takashi Kamogashira

Yoshihiro Masui

Hitomi Iba

An object of the invention is to provide an apoptosis regulating composition. According to the invention, an apoptosis regulating composition is provided which comprises, as an active ingredient, at least one carbostyril derivatives of general formula (1) and salts thereof.

Apoptosis regulating composition

An object of the invention is to provide an apoptosis regulating composition. According to the invention, an apoptosis regulating composition is provided which comprises, as an active ingredient, at least one carbostyril derivatives of general formula (1) ##STR1## and salts thereof.

The present invention provides a medicament for treating thrombocytopenia comprising as an active component at least one polypeptide selected from IL-1 and derivative thereof and a Il-1.alpha. derivative having an amino acid sequence of the formula (.alpha.) which is so modified as to fulfill at least one of the requirements of: deletion of the 16-position Arg; replacement of the 16-position Arg by another amino acid residue; deletion of the sequence of the 1-position Ser to the 14-position Phe and deletion of the amino acid sequence of the 1-position Ser to the 15-position Met.

IL-1.alpha. derivatives

Apoptosis regulating compostion

Apoptosis regulating compositions each comprising a member selected from a series of carbostyril derivatives and salts thereof, inclusive of carbostyril derivatives of general formula (1) ##STR1## and salts thereof, as an active ingredient are provided. The apoptosis regulating compositions of the invention are of use as anticancer agents, antiretrovirus agents, therapeutic agents for autoimmune diseases, therapeutic agents for thrombocytopenia, therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease, therapeutic agents for diseases of the liver, and cancer metastasis inhibitors, among others.

An object of the invention is to provide an apoptosis regulating composition. According to the invention, an apoptosis regulating composition is provided which comprises, as an active ingredient at least one carbostyril derivatives of general formula (1) ##STR1## and salts thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide hepatitis therapy. According to the invention, an apoptosis regulating composition is provided which comprises, as an active ingredient, at least one carbostyril derivatives of general formula (1) ##STR1## and salts thereof.

Hepatitis treatment with carbostyril compounds

The present invention provides a medicament for treating thrombocytopenia comprising as an active component at least one polypeptide selected from IL-1 and derivative thereof and a IL-1.alpha. derivative having an amino acid sequence of the formula (.alpha.) which is so modified as to fulfill at least one of the requirements of: deletion of the 16-position Arg; replacement of the 16-position Arg by another amino acid residue; deletion of the sequence of the 1-position Ser to the 14-position Phe and deletion of the amino acid sequence of the 1-position Ser to the 15-position Met.

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Koutoku Aihara