AGENT FOR MAINTAINING STEM CELLS IN UNDIFFERENTIATED STATE AND AGENT FOR PROMOTING GROWTH THEREOF

Title:

AGENT FOR MAINTAINING STEM CELLS IN UNDIFFERENTIATED STATE AND AGENT FOR PROMOTING GROWTH THEREOF

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/072435

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

The present invention addresses the problem of finding a new substance capable of maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state while efficiently promoting the growth thereof, and providing said substance as an agent for maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state or as an agent for promoting the growth thereof. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing an inexpensive and highly safe wound healing agent that has a skin wound healing effect, and can be easily utilized in the fields of skin regeneration medicine and beauty care. The present invention is an agent for maintaining stem cells in an undifferentiated state, an agent for promoting the growth thereof, or a wound healing agent, and contains, as an active ingredient, a mixture of one or more fatty acid glycerides represented by general formula (I) (in the formula, at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is an acyl group derived from a C16-22 unsaturated fatty acid, and the remainder are a hydrogen atom or an acyl group derived from a saturated fatty acid).

Inventors:

HASEGAWA SEIJI (JP)
INOUE YU (JP)
HASEBE YUICHI (JP)
SAKAIDA TSUTOMU (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2015/081109

Publication Date:

May 12, 2016

Filing Date:

November 05, 2015

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

NIPPON MENARD COSMETIC CO LTD (JP)

International Classes:

C12N5/0735; A23L33/10; A61K8/37; A61K31/231; A61K35/12; A61P43/00; A61Q19/00; C12N5/074; C12N15/09

Domestic Patent References:

WO2009081611A1	2009-07-02
WO2009147400A1	2009-12-10

Foreign References:

JP2010120860A	2010-06-03
JPH06503085A	1994-04-07
JP2005047904A	2005-02-24
JP2002532531A	2002-10-02
JP2010502662A	2010-01-28

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