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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaaki Goto, Tochigi, JP;
Akihiro Tomoyasu, Tochigi, JP;
Kyoji Yamaguchi, Omiya, JP;
Masahiko Kinosaki, Tochigi, JP;
Nobuaki Nakagawa, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/817 ; C07K 1/447 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/817 ; C07K 1/447 ;
Abstract
A method for treating obesity includes administering to humans or animals a pharmaceutically effective amount of stanniocalcin in the form of a pharmaceutical composition. Stanniocalcin has an excellent activity of inhibiting the differentiation and maturation of adipocytes and therefore is useful as a drug for treating obesity.