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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Yohei Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
Yumiko Oka, Yokohama, JP;
Kyoko Takebe, Yokohama, JP;
Hokari Tsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Tochigi, Yokohama, JP;
Toko Shinagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kayoko Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Shogo Koshida, Yokohama, JP;
Yohei Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
Yumiko Oka, Yokohama, JP;
Kyoko Takebe, Yokohama, JP;
Hokari Tsuda, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Tochigi, Yokohama, JP;
Toko Shinagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kayoko Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Shogo Koshida, Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides oligopeptides having morphogenesis promoting activity and in particular, hair promoting activity. The oligopeptides may be in monomer form, monomer having a reactive substance bound form or as a polymer, such as a dimer including a homodimer; heterodimer; homotrimer; or heterodimer. The present invention also provides monoclonal antibodies that specifically recognize a 220 kDa antigen of epithelial new hair follicles; hybridomas producing such antibody; and methods and kits for assaying hair growth in mammalian subjects.