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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Mitusuko Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Itoh, Niihari-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Mitusuko Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Itoh, Niihari-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/18 (2006.01); C12Q 1/32 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method of evaluating the immunotoxicity of a hydrophobic test substance, comprising (1) culturing immunocompetent cells in a culture system containing a hydrophobic test substance and a surfactant, (2) obtaining a survival rate of the immunocompetent cells after the culturing (1), and (3) evaluating the immunotoxicity of the hydrophobic test substance from the survival rate obtained in (2).