Takeda Chemical Industries, Inc.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Yukiko Hikichi

Yasushi Shintani

Kazunori Nishi

Atsushi Nakanishi

Yumiko Uno

Yoji Sagiya

Novel proteins of the present invention that have an organic anion transport activity are useful as, for example, a diagnostic marker for kidney diseases, liver diseases, pancreas diseases, immunological diseases associated with thymus failures, reproductive diseases, digestive diseases, spleen diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, myelitis, diabetes, hypertension, reperfusion injury following ischemia, retinitis, central nervous diseases, skin diseases, thyroid hormone-associated diseases, etc. Compounds that promote or inhibit the activity of the above protein, which are obtained by a screening method using the protein, can be used as, for example, prophylactic/therapeutic agents for the above-described diseases.

Organic anion transport protein TCH229

This invention relates to glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase, or its partial peptide or a salt thereof; a DNA coding for the protein; a recombinant vector; a transformant; a method for producing the protein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein, its partial peptide or a salt thereof; and an antibody against the protein or its partial peptide. The protein, its partial peptide or a salt thereof, and the DNA are useful for a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for hypoglycemia. The antibody can be used in the assay of the protein, its partial peptide or a salt thereof. The protein, its partial peptide or a salt thereof is useful as a reagent for the screening for candidate medical compounds.

Glutamine: fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase, its production and use

This invention relates to a Fas ligand-like protein having an apotosis-inducing actibvity, etc. or its salt, a partial peptide of the protein or its salt; a DNA coding for the protein; a recombinant vector; a transformant; a method for producing the protein, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the protein, the partial peptide or its salt; and an antibody to the protein or the partial peptide. The protein, the partial peptide or its salt, and the DNA are useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for cancer, viral infection, infection, invasive staphylococcia, hepatitis, nephritis, bone disease, atherosclerosis or pain. The antibody can be used in assay of the protein, the partial peptide or its salt. The protein, the partial peptide or its salt is useful as a reagent for the screening for candidate medical compounds.

Fas ligand-like protein, its production and use

This invention is directed toward novel human and murine Fas ligand-like proteins having an apoptosis-inducing activity. Cloned cDNAs encoding human, mouse, and rat Fas ligand-like proteins were obtained from human liver, mouse embryo, and rat liver cDNA libraries. The cDNAs were expressed in a recombinant yeast (e.g., Pichia) expression system. The expressed proteins should prove useful in a number of biochemical and immunological applications.

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