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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Shuichi Oka, Ibaraki, JP;
Yoshimitsu Yamazaki, Ibaraki, JP;
Toru Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuko Fujita, Ibaraki, JP;
Saori Yamamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Yukiko Okita, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuo Ozawa, Chiba, JP;
Reiko Akakura, Chiba, JP;
Chikako Ito, Ibaraki, JP;
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a peptide partially comprising an amino acid sequence of FGF-5 or FGF-5S (i.e., the alternatively spliced form of FGF-5), the peptide being capable of controlling physiological function(s) of FGF-5. A pharmaceutical composition containing the peptide of the invention as an active component may regulate the physiological function(s) of FGF-5 such as regulation of development or growth of a head or body hair, regulation of nutrition or function of a cranial nerve system, regulation of platelets, and/or promotion or inhibition of proliferation or differentiation of a vascular endothelial cell.