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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Sung-ho Ryu, Pohang, KR;
Pann-ghill Suh, Pohang, KR;
Sang-hoon Ha, Pohang, KR;
Mi-nam Lee, Pohang, KR;
Hyun-ju Lee, Pohang, KR;
Il-shin Kim, Pohang, KR;
Do-hyung Kim, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Tae-hoon Lee, Pohang, KR;
Sung-Ho Ryu, Pohang, KR;
Pann-Ghill Suh, Pohang, KR;
Sang-Hoon Ha, Pohang, KR;
Mi-Nam Lee, Pohang, KR;
Hyun-Ju Lee, Pohang, KR;
Il-Shin Kim, Pohang, KR;
Do-Hyung Kim, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Tae-Hoon Lee, Pohang, KR;
Postech Academy-Industry Foundation, Pohang, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to method of regulating mammalian target-of-rapamycin (mTOR) based on a novel finding of a regulating mechanism of mTOR by a phospholipase D (PLD), and Ras homolog enriched in brain (Rheb). Further, the present invention also relates to a method of screening inhibitors of mTOR, and a method and a composition for treating mTOR-related metabolic diseases by inhibiting mTOR.