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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Hideaki Tada, Tsukuba, JP;
Tomoyuki Bando, Tsukuba, JP;
Akio Hayashi, Tsukuba, JP;
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for screening a medicine using a protein, and a compound obtained by the screening method. A compound or a salt thereof inhibiting activity or expression of the protein of the present invention, a neutralizing antibody against the protein, a polynucleotide that are complementary to a polynucleotide coding the protein, and the like can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating neurodegenerative diseases and the like. Moreover, a compound or a salt thereof enhancing activity or expression of the protein of the present invention, the protein or a partial peptide thereof, a polynucleotide coding the protein, and the like can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating cancers and the like. Furthermore, the protein of the present invention is useful as a reagent for screening a compound inhibiting or enhancing activity of the protein.