Takara Bio Inc.

Takara Shuzo Co., Inc.

Shigetoshi Mizutani

Ikunoshin Kato

Kazutoh Takesako

Masahiro Endo

Hiroaki Sagawa

Eiji Kobayashi

Eiji Nishiyama

Takashi Okado

Suzu Deguchi

Junko Ogawa

To find a substance which has a skin cosmeticizing effect such as prevention of skin aging, amelioriation of sensitive skin, or antipruritic action, and can serve as an effective ingredient for a hair-care product, thereby providing cosmetics comprising the effective ingredient. Concretely, there are provided cosmetics characterized in that the cosmetics comprise as an effective ingredient a compound selected from a fucoidan, a degradation product thereof, a sulfated monosaccharide or a salt thereof.

Fucoidan-containing cosmetics

There can be provided a fungal antigen which is an insoluble fraction obtainable from fungal cells of which cell wall has been substantially removed or at least partially removed; a process for producing the same; a nucleic acid encoding the fungal antigen; a biologic product containing the fungal antigen; a method of stimulating immunological responses by using the biologic product; a method of suppressing allergic reaction to fungi in a vertebrate; and a method for diagnosing a disease caused by fungi in a vertebrate.

Fungal antigens and process for producing the same

To provide a novel antigenic protein and a nucleic acid encoding the antigenic protein, which are useful for prophylaxis, treatment and diagnosis of diseases caused by fungi including. An antigenic protein characterized in that the antigenic protein is recognized by antiserum derived from a mammal having-infection resistance; and a nucleic acid encoding an antigenic protein which is recognized by antiserum derived from a mammal having-infection resistance.

Antigen protein and nucleic acid coding for said protein

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Shiga, Japan

Shigetoshi Mizutani