Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

Hsp Research Institute, Inc.

Tadahiko Yoshima

Mikael Mattsson

Takuya Hasezaki

Takamasa Watanabe

Anna Sarnefalt

Takashi Yura

Hideki Yanagi

The invention provides a method for the prophylaxis, improvement, or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, and psoriasis by administering to a subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-human CD81 antibody capable of binding to a peptide region consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 80 to 175 of SEQ ID NO:22.

Human monoclonal antibody

The present invention provides an anti-CD81 antibody usable as a pharmaceutical product for human. Specifically, the present invention provides an anti-human CD81 antibody capable of binding to a peptide region consisting of the amino acid sequence of the amino acid numbers 80 to 175 in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:22.

To provide a heat shock transcription factor (HSF) 2 binding factor, which can be involved in the transcriptional regulation of HSP70.2 playing an essential role in spermatogenesis; a DNA encoding the binding factor; an expression vector carrying the DNA; a transformant harboring the expression vector; a process for preparing a recombinant protein comprising the step of culturing the transformant; an antibody or a fragment thereof capable of specifically binding to the binding factor; an antisense DNA or antisense RNA complementary to the DNA; and an oligonudeotide probe or primer capable of specifically hybridizing to the DNA.

Heat shock transcription factor-binding protein

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Osaka, Japan

Tadahiko Yoshima