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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Applicants:
Matthew Todd Gillispie, Victoria, AU;
Nicole Joy Horwood, Victoria, AU;
Nobuyuki Udagawa, Chiba, JP;
Masashi Kurimoto, Okayama, JP;
Inventors:
Matthew Todd Gillispie, Victoria, AU;
Nicole Joy Horwood, Victoria, AU;
Nobuyuki Udagawa, Chiba, JP;
Masashi Kurimoto, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo, Okayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K045/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An osteoclastgenic inhibitory agent which comprises an interleukin-18 and/or its functional equivalent. The agent can be arbitrarily used as an ingredient for cell culture and agents for regulating bone resorption and for osteoclast-related diseases, directed to treat and/or prevent hypercalcemia, osteoclastoma, osteoporosis, etc.