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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Akira Asari, Iruma, JP;
Hitoshi Kurihara, Musashimurayama, JP;
Heping Xu, Scotland, GB;
Satoshi Miyauchi, Musashimurayama, JP;
Toshikazu Minamisawa, Tokorozawa, JP;
Seikagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An IL-12 production inhibitor which comprises, as an active ingredient, a keratan sulfate oligosaccharide or a derivative thereof, for example, a keratan sulfate oligosaccharide comprising at least one repeating unit of either one of the disaccharides represented by the following formulas: Gal (6s)-GlcNAc (6s) and Gal (6s)-GlcNAc wherein Gal represents a galactose residue, GlcNAc represents an N-acetylglucosamine residue, 6s indicates that 6-0-sulfate ester is formed at a Hydroxyl group at the 6-position, and - represents a glycosidic linkage.