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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2003
Fujio Suzuki, Galveston, TX (US);
Makiko Kobayashi, Galveston, TX (US);
Tokuichiro Utsunomiya, Yamato, JP;
Hiroatsu Matsumoto, Zama, JP;
Midori Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shigemi Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Fujio Suzuki, Galveston, TX (US);
Makiko Kobayashi, Galveston, TX (US);
Tokuichiro Utsunomiya, Yamato, JP;
Hiroatsu Matsumoto, Zama, JP;
Midori Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Shigemi Iwata, Yokohama, JP;
Minophagen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide the use of glycyrrhizin and its derivatives for inhibition of MCP-1 production. The present invention discloses an MCP-1 production inhibition method and pharmaceutical composition for the same comprising administration of glycyrrhizin and its derivatives in an amount effective for said inhibition to mammals in which migration of monocytes or T lymphocytes is increased, or production of IL-10 is increased, and inhibition of said increase is desired.