Methods of treating metabolic disorders
US9598477B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 9, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/04
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a means which is effective for the induction of the differentiation of a brown adipocyte and therefore enables a brown adipocyte to be used for and applied to, for example, the prevention/treatment of obesity or metabolic syndrome. Provided is a brown adipocyte differentiation-inducing agent containing, as an active ingredient, (1) CREG1 protein or (2) an expression vector carrying CREG1 gene.
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