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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Masaru Taniguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshinori Nakayama, Chiba, JP;
Ikuya Yano, Kiyose, JP;
Takashi Naka, Kiyose, JP;
Inventors:
Masaru Taniguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshinori Nakayama, Chiba, JP;
Ikuya Yano, Kiyose, JP;
Takashi Naka, Kiyose, JP;
Assignees:
Riken, Wako-shi, JP;
Japan BCG Laboratory, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an agent for promoting human Th1 cell differentiation and an agent for suppressing human Th2 cell differentiation, comprising lipoarabinomannans and/or lipomannans derived from BCG cell bodies. The agent of the present invention is useful as a prophylactic/therapeutic agent for cancers and the like, and also as a therapeutic agent for allergic diseases such as pollinosis.