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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Brian Robert Walker, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards, London, GB;
Jonathan Robert Seckl, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Brian Robert Walker, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards, London, GB;
Jonathan Robert Seckl, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Therefore, another aspect of the invention is a method for determining whether a compound or composition is a regulator of intracellular glucocorticoid activity in adipose tissue comprising determining whether said compound or composition inhibits reductase activity of 11-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11-Beta HSD1) in said tissue.