Method for removing a chemokine

• US 6,559,290 B1
• Filed: 03/17/1997
• Issued: 05/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
• Inventors: Nakatani, Masaru, Takata, Satoshi, Furuyoshi, Shigeo
• Primary Examiner(s): DEES, JOSE G
• Application Number:
  US08/819,630
• Time in Patent Office: 2,241 Days
• Field of Search: 424/78.08, 424/462, 424/85.1, 424/85.2, 435/69.1, 435/69.5, 435/69.51, 435/69.52, 556/609, 210/263, 210/650, 530/415, 530/412
• US Class Current: 530/415
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 15/00 Separating processes involving the treatment of liquids with solid sorbents using liquid sorbents B01D11/00; ion exchange processes or materials, sorbent materials in general B01J, e.g. sorbents for chromatography B01J20/281; for investigating or analysing materials G01N30/00; Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 14/521 Chemokines

Abstract

An adsorbent for removing a chemokine except interleukin-8 in body fluid, which comprises a solid material having an anionic functional group, a method for efficiently removing a chemokine except interleukin-8 in body fluid, which comprises by bringing the above adsorbent into contact with body fluid containing the chemokine and an adsorber for removing a chemokine except for interleukin-8 using the above adsorbent.

Claims

1. A method for removing a chemokine, which comprises bringing an adsorbent comprising a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer having a sulfonic acid group into contact with body fluid containing the chemokine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein ion-exchange capacity of the styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer having a sulfonic acid group is from 0.01 meq/ml to 5 meq/ml.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a vessel which has an inlet and an outlet for fluid contains the adsorbent for removing a chemokine in the vessel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the chemokine is a chemokine other than interleukin-8.