Patent ID: 9005898
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. An in vitro method for selecting or evaluating a hair growth control agent, comprising the following steps (A) to (E): (A) selecting cells capable of expressing human DnaJC6; (B) subjecting a group of the cells to the presence of a test substance and not subjecting another group of the cells to the presence of the test substance; (C) measuring the expression level of DnaJC6 in both the cells that were subjected to the presence of the test substance and the cells that were not subjected to the presence of the test substance; (D) comparing the expression level of DnaJC6 in the cells that were subjected to the presence of the test substance and in the cells that were not subjected to the presence of the test substance; and (E) selecting the test substance as a hair growth control agent when there is a statistically significant difference in the expression level of DnaJC6 between the cells that were subjected to the presence of the test substance and the cells that were not subjected to the presence of the test substance, wherein a test substance that reduces the expression level of DnaJC6 is selected as a hair growth suppression agent and a test substance that increases the expression level of DnaJC6 is selected as a hair growth promoting agent.