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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Nobuyuki Oda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Miyoshi, Hanno, JP;
Akihiro Haruno, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hidekazu Miyake, Tokushima, JP;
Nobuyuki Oda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Kazuhisa Miyoshi, Hanno, JP;
Akihiro Haruno, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hidekazu Miyake, Tokushima, JP;
Taiho Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an animal model for prostatic stromal hyperplasia, and a method for screening for a substance effective for preventing/treating human benign prostatic hyperplasia using the animal model. The animal model for prostatic stromal hyperplasia is produced by implanting the fetal urogenital sinus of a non-human animal under the skin or beneath the prostatic capsule of a non-human animal belonging to the species of the same as or different from the animal. A substance effective for preventing/treating human benign prostatic hyperplasia can be screened by administering a test substance to the animal model and measuring the preventive or therapeutic effect of the test substance upon the implanted tissue (fetal urogenital sinus or tissue derived therefrom).