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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2005
Tsutomu Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kensei Tsuzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Keiko Yoshimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kowa Company, Ltd., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A method of screening a novel BAFF suppressor or inhibitor. More specifically speaking, a method which comprises adding a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody to a cultured human cell to thereby induce the production of BAFF by the cell; a method of screening a substance capable of suppressing the expression or activity of BAFF which comprises adding a test substance to a BAFF-production system prepared by adding a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody to a cultured human cell and measuring the expression amount and/or the activity of BAFF in the BAFF-production system; and a BAFF production inducer for a BAFF-producing cell which contains a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody.