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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, KR;
Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, KR;
DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daegu, KR;
INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for determining a decrease in the functions of the hippocampus by using the correlation between a micro RNA (miRNA) and an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), a method for inhibiting the decrease in the functions, and a method for screening for inhibitors of the decrease in the functions. The present invention confirms that miR-204, among miRNAs up-regulated in an aged hippocampus, decreases the expression of EphB2, by accurately targeting EphB2, which is an important regulatory receptor, resulting in a decrease in the neuronal surface expression of an NR1 subunit of an NMDAR in hippocampal nerves and a decrease in the density of dendrites, thereby having an effect of determining whether the functions of the hippocampus are decreased, by using the correlation between a miRNA and an NMDAR, and furthermore, has an effect of providing a method for inhibiting the decrease in the functions of the hippocampus, and a method for screening for inhibitors of the decrease in the functions.