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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530345 ; 530412 ; 530351 ;
Abstract
An adsorbent for removing at least one interleukin selected from the group consisting of inerleukin-1, interleukin-2, interleukin-6 and interluekin-8 and/or TNF, which comprises a porous water-insolube carrier and a compound satisfying the value of log P of at least 2.50, in which P is a distribution coefficient in an octanol-water system and being immobilized onto the carrier, a process for removing the above IL(s) and/or TNF by the adsorbent and an adsorber comprising the adsorbent. According to the present invention, IL(s) and TNF in body fluid can be efficiently absorbed using the above-mentioned adsorbent.