Antiviral Agent
An antiviral agent consisting of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) or an agonist of the HGF receptor, and a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by hepatitis C virus comprising using said agent simultaneously or separately with other anti-viral agent.
1 . An antiviral agent consisting of hepatocyte growth factor or an agonist of the hepatocyte growth factor receptor.
2 . The antiviral agent according to claim 1 , wherein the virus is hepatitis C virus.
3 . A pharmaceutical preparation characterized in using hepatocyte growth factor or an agonist of the hepatocyte growth factor receptor simultaneously or separately with one or more kinds of antiviral agents.
4 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 3 , wherein the antiviral agent is a substance having an inhibitory activity to the hepatitis C virus-subgenomic replicon.
5 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 3 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or more kinds of substances selected from hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors, hepatitis C virus polymerase inhibitors and hepatitis C virus helicase inhibitors.
6 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 3 , characterized in that the antiviral agent is an inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor.
7 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 3 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
8 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 3 , which is used for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by hepatitis C virus.
9 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 8 , wherein the disease caused by hepatitis C virus is selected from acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
10 . The pharmaceutical preparation according to claim 3 , which is for improvement of viremia.
11 . A method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease caused by hepatitis C virus, which is characterized in using hepatocyte growth factor or an agonist of the hepatocyte growth factor receptor simultaneously or separately with and one or more kinds of antiviral agents.
12 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 11 , wherein the antiviral agent is a substance having an inhibitory activity to the hepatitis C virus-subgenomic replicon.
13 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 11 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or more kinds of substances selected from hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors, hepatitis C virus polymerase inhibitors and hepatitis C virus helicase inhibitors.
14 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 11 , characterized in that the antiviral agent is an inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor.
15 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 11 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
16 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 11 , wherein the disease caused by hepatitis C virus is selected from acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
17 . A method for improvement of viremia, which is characterized in using hepatocyte growth factor or an agonist of the hepatocyte growth factor receptor simultaneously or separately with one or more kinds of antiviral agents.
18 . The improving method according to claim 17 , wherein the antiviral agent is a substance having an inhibitory activity to the hepatitis C virus-subgenomic replicon.
19 . The method for improvement according to claim 17 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or more kinds of substances selected from hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors, hepatitis C virus polymerase inhibitors and hepatitis C virus helicase inhibitors.
20 . The method for improvement according to claim 17 , characterized in that the antiviral agent is an inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor.
21 . The method for improvement according to claim 17 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
22 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 12 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or more kinds of substances selected from hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors, hepatitis C virus polymerase inhibitors and hepatitis C virus helicase inhibitors.
23 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 12 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
24 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 13 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
25 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 14 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
26 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 12 , wherein the disease caused by hepatitis C virus is selected from acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
27 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 13 , wherein the disease caused by hepatitis C virus is selected from acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
28 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 14 , wherein the disease caused by hepatitis C virus is selected from acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
29 . The method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment according to claim 15 , wherein the disease caused by hepatitis C virus is selected from acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer.
30 . The method for improvement according to claim 18 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or more kinds of substances selected from hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors, hepatitis C virus polymerase inhibitors and hepatitis C virus helicase inhibitors.
31 . The method for improvement according to claim 18 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
32 . The method for improvement according to claim 19 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.
33 . The method for improvement according to claim 20 , wherein the antiviral agent consists of one or two kinds of substances selected from interferons and ribavirin.