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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Muramatsu, Aichi, JP;
Kenji Kadomatsu, Aichi, JP;
Munehiro Oda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Ikematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sadatoshi Sakuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Takashi Muramatsu, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 4/500 ; C07K 1/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ; A61K 4/500 ; C07K 1/400 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel drug for relieving drug-induced nephropathy and acute hepatopahy containing a midkine (MK) family protein such as pleiotrophin (PTN). The MK family proteins can inhibit nephropathy induced by an antitumor agent or acute hepatopathy caused by carbon tetrachloride and thus effectively relieve drug-induced nephropathy or hepatopathy.