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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2006
Applicants:

Tomoko Sekiya, Tsukuba, JP;

Norimasa Miyamoto, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;

Hirokazu Tanaka, Chiba-Ken, JP;

Naoko Massaki, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoko Sekiya, Tsukuba, JP;

Norimasa Miyamoto, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;

Hirokazu Tanaka, Chiba-Ken, JP;

Naoko Massaki, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides a screening method for determining whether a substance of interest is a substance which alters GPR120 mediated cell stimulating activities, comprising using a substance of interest, a biomembrane containing GPR120, or cells containing said biomembrane, and phospholipase or salts thereof. According to a screening method of the present invention, the method can screen substances such as CCK and GLP-1 which are involved in the secretion of hormones in gastrointestinal tracts.


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