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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Chubu University Educational Foundation, Kasugai-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Yamashita, Kasugai, JP;
Tatsuya Kusudo, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
CHUBU UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, Kasugai-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 45/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A23L 1/305 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/4703 (2013.01); A23L 1/305 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); C07K 14/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/5023 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); A61K 48/00 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a means which is effective for the induction of the differentiation of a brown adipocyte and therefore enables a brown adipocyte to be used for and applied to, for example, the prevention/treatment of obesity or metabolic syndrome. Provided is a brown adipocyte differentiation-inducing agent containing, as an active ingredient, (1) CREG1 protein or (2) an expression vector carrying CREG1 gene.