Method for modulating appetite
AssigneeSt. Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited
InventorsSamuel Norbert BREIT, Asne Rhoda BAUSKIN
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of modulating appetite and/or body weight in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a MIC-1-modulating agent, wherein said agent increases or decreases the amount of MIC-1 present in said subject, or inhibits or enhances the biological activity of MIC-1 present in said subject.
Claims19
A method for increasing appetite and/or body weight in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a MIC-1 inhibiting agent optionally in admixture with a pharmacologically-acceptable carrier and/or excipient.
A method for decreasing appetite and/or body weight in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a MIC-1 enhancing agent optionally in admixture with a pharmacologically acceptable carrier and/or excipient.
A method of preparing a pharmaceutical composition, comprising identifying an agent capable of decreasing or increasing the expression level of MIC-1 in a cell expressing MIC-1;
- and mixing the agent identified with a pharmacologically acceptable carrier and/or excipient to provide the pharmaceutical composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.