Methods for identifying candidate fat-mobilizing agents
US8389207B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2830/008
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods for identifying agents capable of affecting the expression, posttranslational modification, and/or an activity of TRB3, for example, in adipose tissue and/or adipocytes. Such agents are useful, for example, to mobilize fat stores and as prospective obesity therapeutics.
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