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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Takashi Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuaki Arai, Nagareyama, JP;
Haruhiko Akiyama, Hachioji, JP;
Masato Hasegawa, Chofu, JP;
Makiko Yamashita, Fuchu, JP;
Takashi Nonaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuaki Arai, Nagareyama, JP;
Haruhiko Akiyama, Hachioji, JP;
Masato Hasegawa, Chofu, JP;
Makiko Yamashita, Fuchu, JP;
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a transformed cell (a cell model) which can form a cytoplasmic inclusion body derived from TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) that is found in the brain of a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disease such as FTLD and ALS. The transformed cell is characterized by having, introduced therein, a promoter capable of functioning in a host cell and a mutant TDP-43 gene.