Osteogenesis-promotion enhancer and method of screening the same
Patent Number: 7,276,525
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday June 5th, 2003
Date Issued: Tuesday October 2nd, 2007
Assignee: Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, JP)
Inventors: Miyazono; Kohei (Shiki, JP), Imamura; Takeshi (Tokyo, JP), Maeda; Shingo (Tokyo, JP)
From Class: Differentiation
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This patent covers 2 main concepts. The first is acceleration of osteogenesis through administration of a bone morphogenic protein together with an inhibitor of TGF-beta. The claims also go on to cover a specific chemical entitiy that inhibits TGF-beta. The second main part of the patent is claim 3 in which the screening of compounds that inhibit TGF-beta and thereby promote BMP-induced osteogenesis is covered.
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