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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Applicants:
Shiro Kanegasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Tamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shiro Kanegasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Tamatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
ECI, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); C07K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Satisfactory effects have not always been attained by immunotherapy having been tried, and reliance upon direct attack on cells by anticancer agents, radiation, etc has been inevitable. The present invention intends to provide a therapeutic method that ensures less side effects but higher efficacy than in conventional therapeutic methods through enhancing of immune strength inherently had by living organism. Thus, the present invention relates to an immunopotentiating agent comprising MIP-1α or its functional derivative as an active ingredient.