Pregnancy-related serine protease

C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – N

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C12N 15/57 (2006.01) A61K 31/7088 (2006.01) A61K 38/48 (2006.01) A61K 48/00 (2006.01) A61P 15/00 (2006.01) C07H 21/00 (2006.01) C07K 14/65 (2006.01) C07K 16/40 (2006.01) C12N 9/48 (2006.01) C12N 9/64 (2006.01) C12N 15/12 (2006.01) C12Q 1/37 (2006.01) C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) G01N 33/53 (2006.01) A61K 38/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2455145

The invention relates to a enzyme predicted to be a serine protease, which is specifically expressed in association with embryo implantation and placentation in pregnant uterus. The enzyme of the invention is useful in the evaluation of fertility and monitoring of early pregnancy, placental development and function, fetal development, parturition, and conditions such as pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, early abortion, abnormal uterine bleeding, endometriosis, and cancers, and may provide a potential target for contraception. It may also be important in diseases of the heart, testis or ovary, and may play a role in muscle function, including cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, lung and the diaphragm. In addition the enzyme of the invention is useful in the screening of candidate drugs for fertility control or for treatment of fertility-related disorders.

La présente invention concerne une enzyme s'annonçant comme étant une sérine protéase s'exprimant spécifiquement en liaison avec l'implantation d'embryon et la placentation dans l'utérus gravide. L'enzyme de l'invention, qui convient particulièrement à l'évaluation de la fertilité et au suivi du début de gestation, du développement et de la fonction placentaire, du développement foetal, de la parturition, et d'états tels que la pré-éclampsie, le retard de croissance intra-utérin, l'avortement précoce, les hémorragies utérines, l'endométriose et les cancers, est susceptible de constituer une cible de contraception. L'enzyme est également susceptible de jouer un rôle important dans des affections du coeur, des testicules ou des ovaires, et peu jouer un certain rôle dans les fonctions musculaires, y-compris du muscle cardiaque, les muscles du squelette, les poumons et le diaphragme. Enfin, l'enzyme de l'invention convient pour la recherche systématique de candidats médicaments pour la contraception, ou pour le traitement de troubles de la fertilité.

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