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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Tokyo University of Science Foundation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/00 (2006.01); C08B 37/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08B 37/0024 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12Q 1/025 (2013.01); G01N 33/505 (2013.01); G01N 2333/335 (2013.01);
Abstract
A growth enhancer for, or a bacterium that belongs to the genusand that has a homology of 16S rDNA of 90% or higher withorincludes a β-glucan having a molecular weight of from 0.2 K to 50 K. A regulatory T-cell number increasing agent, a method of enhancing growth of a lactic acid bacterium, a method of increasing the number of regulatory T-cells, a method of evaluating a regulatory T-cell number increasing effect, and a method of evaluating a growth enhancing effect on a lactic acid bacterium are also provided.