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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
National University Corporation Chiba University, Chiba, JP;
Toshinori Nakayama, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Hosokawa, Chiba, JP;
Koji Tokoyoda, Chiba, JP;
Koji Hayashizaki, Chiba, JP;
Akane Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
National University Corporation Chiba University, Chiba, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.