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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Toshio Nakaki, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Watabe, Saitama, JP;
Koji Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Teikyo University, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
As a means for treating diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases, malignant tumors and infectious diseases, a method for screening a substance increasing glutathione is provided. According to this method, by contacting a test substance with a cell expressing a GTRAP3-18 protein, a substance decreasing the amount of expression of the GTRAP3-18 protein or inhibiting a function of the GTRAP3-18 protein is specified as a target substance.