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Title:
NUCLEIC ACID MEDICINE FOR TREATING ALLERGIC DISEASE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010068723
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) that can inhibit the expression of STAT6 involved in allergic diseases through Th2 cytokine by RNA interference, and a dsRNA-containing medicinal composition for preventing or treating allergic diseases.

In the double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecule that targets at mRNA of STAT6 gene, the dsRNA molecule comprises: (a) one strand is a same sense strand as a sequence having 15-50 continuous bases in STAT6 gene sequence having a specific sequence, and another strand is an antisense strand including a complementary base sequence to the base sequence of the sense strand; or (b) one strand has a sequence in which one or several bases are deleted, substituted, and added in the sequence having 15-50 continuous bases in STAT6 gene sequence having a specific sequence and is a sense strand comprising a sequence that can hybridize to STAT6 gene, and another strand is an antisense strand including a complementary base sequence to the base sequence of the sense strand.


Inventors:
YOKOZEKI HIROO
HOSOYA KAZUTERU
SATO TAKAHIRO
NEMOTO YASUHISA
Application Number:
JP2008237007A
Publication Date:
April 02, 2010
Filing Date:
September 16, 2008
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Assignee:
UNIV TOKYO MEDICAL & DENTAL
HAPLO PHARMA KK
International Classes:
C12N15/09; A61K31/713; A61P17/04; A61P37/08
Domestic Patent References:
JP2007523658A2007-08-23
Foreign References:
WO2006080564A12006-08-03
Other References:
JPN6013020935; FEBS Lett. Vol. 579, 2005, p. 173-178
JPN6009016579; 日皮会誌 第118巻, 第4号, 20080325, p. 863
JPN6013020937; J. Invest. Dermatol. Vol. 128, 20080313, p. S122
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yusuke Hiraki
Ishii Teiji
Satoshi Fujita
Natsuo Tanaka