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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Susumu Mitsutake, Sapporo, JP;
Kota Zama, Sapporo, JP;
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Sapporo, JP;
Tetsuya Yoshida, Sapporo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Sapporo, JP;
Hiroshi Takemoto, Sapporo, JP;
Susumu Mitsutake, Sapporo, JP;
Kota Zama, Sapporo, JP;
Yasuyuki Igarashi, Sapporo, JP;
Tetsuya Yoshida, Sapporo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Sapporo, JP;
Hiroshi Takemoto, Sapporo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo-Shi, Hokkaido, JP;
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The problem of the present invention is to prove a medicament for decreasing body weigh, a medicament for decreasing visceral fat, a medicament for decreasing triglyceride in the liver, and a method for screening a medicament for ameliorating obesity and fatty liver. The problem is solved by a method comprising measuring an activity of a candidate material for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase wherein if the candidate material has an activity for inhibiting a sphingomyelin synthetase, the candidate material is judged to have at least one function selected from the consisting of an anti-obesity drug, a drug for decreasing visceral fat, a drug for treating fatty liver and an agent for increasing adiponectin expression.