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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Hidetomo Kitamura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hidetomo Kitamura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to establish a clonal cell line of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells capable of differentiating into chondrocytes and adipocytes from a normal adult animal and to establish a screening method for cell differentiation-controlling materials. According to the present invention, cell lines capable of differentiating into chondrocytes and adipocytes, which are derived from normal adult animals; screening methods for cell differentiation-controlling materials using said cell lines; screening kits comprising said cell lines; cell differentiation-controlling materials obtained by said screening methods; and drugs containing said differentiation-controlling materials are provided.