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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2006
Applicants:

Naoki Terasaka, Saitama, JP;

Shoko Honzumi, Tokyo, JP;

Ira Glenn Schulman, San Diego, CA (US);

Brandee Lynn Wagner, San Diego, CA (US);

Patricia J. Willy, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Naoki Terasaka, Saitama, JP;

Shoko Honzumi, Tokyo, JP;

Ira Glenn Schulman, San Diego, CA (US);

Brandee Lynn Wagner, San Diego, CA (US);

Patricia J. Willy, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of easily measuring whether or not an LXR ligand has the function of effecting, e.g., increasing, plasma triglyceride concentration and/or LDL cholesterol concentration in a mammal by using the binding activity between LXR and a coactivator, and a method of identifying LXR ligands that do not have the function of effecting, e.g., increasing, plasma triglyceride concentration and/or LDL cholesterol concentration by using the binding activity between LXR and a coactivator.


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