METHOD OF SCREENING CELL DEATH INHIBITOR
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    发明公开
    METHOD OF SCREENING CELL DEATH INHIBITOR 审中-公开
    检测方法的细胞死亡抑制剂的

    公开(公告)号:EP1439235A4

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-18

    申请号:EP02758812

    申请日:2002-08-08

    摘要: It is intended to provide a method of screening a substance which inhibits cell death induced by the activation of PAPR, in particular, a substance which is useful as a remedy and/or a preventive for rheumatoid arthritis, nerve cell death in brain ischemia, heart cell death after arteriosclerosis reperfusion, autoimmune disruption of pancreatic islet b-cells, cell death following shock or inflammatory reaction due to immune cell death. Also, novel proteins and novel genes encoding the same are provided. The above screening method involves the step of bringing a test substance into contact with cells expressing LTRPC2 protein under conditions allowing the activation of the LTRPC2 protein, and the step of analyzing the inhibition of the activation of the LTRPC2 protein. The above-described novel proteins are rat and mouse LTRPC2 proteins, while the above novel genes are rat and mouse LTRPC2 genes.