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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-92 ; 435-6 ; 435-721 ; 435-8 ; 435 21 ; 435 29 ; 530399 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to drug screening assays, and diagnostic and therapeutic methods for the treatment of body weight disorders, such as obesity, anorexia and cachexia, utilizing the melanocortin 4-receptor (MC4-R) as the target for intervention. The invention also relates to compounds that modulate the activity or expression of the MC4-R, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of body weight disorders.