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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Km Biologics Co., Ltd., Kumamoto, JP;
Koichiro Hata, Kyoto, JP;
Shinji Uemoto, Kyoto, JP;
Hirofumi Hirao, Kyoto, JP;
Toyonari Kubota, Kyoto, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, JP;
KM BIOLOGICS CO., LTD., Kumamoto, JP;
Abstract
New use of ADAMTS13 in the clinical filed is provided. The use of ADAMTS13 as a biomarker for monitoring the onset of liver damage, hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury or the liver function after liver transplantation: a method of testing liver damage, a method of testing hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury, or a method of testing the liver function after liver transplantation, each of the methods comprising measuring or monitoring the ADAMTS13 activity in a sample from a mammal; an agent for treating diseases selected from the group consisting of liver damage, hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury and hepatic dysfunction after liver transplantation, which comprises ADAMTS13 or a mutant of ADAMTS13 as an effective ingredient.