Use of azetidinone compounds
US6632933B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2333/4704
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The use of azetidinone compounds that are inhibitors of cholesterol absorption as tools for discovering and characterizing proteins involved in trafficking or absorption of cholesterol and/or cholesteryl esters in biological systems is presented. These compounds can serve as tools for competitive binding assays to discover and characterize other chemical agents useful as cholesterol absorption inhibitors. New compounds of the present invention are also highly efficacious inhibitors of cholesterol absorption.
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