Methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of...

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C12N 15/12 (2006.01) A61K 38/17 (2006.01) C07K 14/47 (2006.01) C07K 14/705 (2006.01) C07K 16/28 (2006.01) G01N 33/68 (2006.01)

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CA 2335378

The present invention relates to mammalian mahogany genes, including the human mahogany gene, which are novel genes involved in the control of mammalian body weight. The invention encompasses nucleotide sequences of the mahogany gene, host cell expression systems of the mahogany gene, and hosts which have been transformed by these expression systems, including transgenic animals. The invention also encompasses novel mahogany gene products, including mahogany proteins, polypeptides and peptides containing amino acid sequences mahogany proteins, fusion proteins of mahogany proteins polypeptides and peptides, and antibodies directed against such mahogany gene products. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of mammalian body weight disorders, including obesity, cachexia, and anorexia, and for the identification of subjects susceptible to such disorders. Further, the invention relates to methods of using the mahogany gene and gene products of the invention for the identification of compounds which modulate the expression of the mahogany gene and/or the activity of the mahogany gene product. Such compounds can be useful as therapeutic agents in the treatment of mammalian body weight disorders, including obesity, cachexia, and anorexia.

L'invention concerne des gènes "mahogany" de mammifères, dont le gène "mahogany" humain, qui sont des nouveaux gènes impliqués dans la régulation du poids corporel des mammifères. L'invention concerne des séquences nucléotidiques du gène "mahogany", des système d'expression de cellules hôtes du gène "mahogany" et des hôtes ayant été transformés par ces systèmes d'expression, dont des animaux transgéniques. L'invention porte également sur des nouveaux produits du gène "mahogany", dont des protéines "mahogany", des polypeptides et des peptides contenant des séquences d'acides aminés, des protéines de fusion de peptides et de polypeptides de protéines "mahogany", et des anticorps dirigés contre lesdits produits du gène "mahogany". Elle se rapporte encore à des procédés et à des compositions pour le diagnostic et le traitement de troubles du poids corporel de mammifères, dont l'obésité, la cachexie et l'anorexie, et pour l'identification de personnes sujettes à ce type de troubles. Par ailleurs, l'invention concerne des procédés d'utilisation du gène "mahogany" et des produits dudit gène, pour l'identification de composés qui modulent l'expression du gène "mahogany" et/ou l'activité du produit du gène "mahogany". Lesdits composés peuvent être utiles en tant qu'agents thérapeutiques dans le traitement de troubles du poids corporel de mammifères, dont l'obésité, la cachexie et l'anorexie.

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