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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Jin Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;
Sadakazu Aiso, Tokyo, JP;
Norihiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Keio University, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is intended to provide a drug delivery system toward a demyelinating lesion. It is also intended to provide a biochemical marker of a demyelinating lesion. A delivery system for a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for a demyelinating disease characterized in that a substance capable of specifically recognizing Contactin is conjugated to an active ingredient of a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for a demyelinating disease is provided. Also provided is a method of evaluating and/or differentiating a demyelinating disease, including measuring the expression of Contactin in a body fluid.