摘要:
The use of screening assays based on the role of human stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 ('hSCD1') in human diseases, disorders or conditions relating to serum levels of triglyceride, VLDL, HDL, LDL, total cholesterol, or production of secretions from mucous membranes, monounsaturated fatty acids., wax esters, and the like, is disclosed. Also disclosed are conventions useful in the prevention and/or treatment of such diseases.
摘要:
The use of screening assays based on the role of human stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 ('hSCD1') in human diseases, disorders or conditions relating to serum levels of triglyceride, VLDL, HDL, LDL, total cholesterol, or production of secretions from mucous membranes, monounsaturated fatty acids., wax esters, and the like, is disclosed. Also disclosed are conventions useful in the prevention and/or treatment of such diseases.
摘要:
The invention features ABC1 nucleic acids and polypeptides for the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal cholesterol regulation. The invention also features methods for identifying compounds for modulating cholesterol levels in an animal (e.g., a human).
摘要:
The invention features methods for treating, preventing or modulating a neurological disease or disorder, or for modulating an anaesthetic or a fertility process by administering compounds that modulate ABCA1 expression or activity. The invention also features methods for identifying compounds useful for such methods.
摘要:
The invention features methods for treating patients having low HDL, a higher than normal triglyceride level, or a cardiovascular disease by administering compounds that modulate ABC1 expression or activity.
摘要:
Methods and compounds are disclosed for lowering serum LDL levels or serum cholesterol levels, or for reducing the transport of cholesterol from the gut to the blood or the lymph, based on the observation that a gene known as ABC1 is necessary in order for cholesterol to be transported from the intestinal lumen into the bloodstream. A mutant chicken phenotype, known as the WHAM chicken, characterized by low levels of serum LDL and reduced transport of cholesterol, facilitated the discovery of this function of the ABC1 gene. Techniques which act to inhibit ABC1 activity in the cells of the intestinal wall will result in lower serum cholesterol.
摘要:
A protein, designated as HIP1, interacts differently with the gene product of a normal (16 CAG repeat) and an expanded (⊃ 44 CAG repeat) HD gene. The HIP1 protein originally isolated from the yeast two-hybrid screen is encoded by a 1.2 kb cDNA, devoid of stop codons, that is expressed as a 400 amino acid polypeptide. By further screening of a human frontal cortex cDNA library, and employing the protocol for 5' Rapid Amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), a total of 4795 nucleotides (with an open reading frame of 914 amino acids) of the 10 kb message HIP1 have been isolated to date. Expression of the HIP1 protein was found to be limited to the brain, where the interaction of the HIP1 with the HD protein appears to be necessary for the association of the HD protein with the membrane or specific cytoskeletal components to render it functional. Because HIP1 interacts with expanded HD protein less well than with normal length HD, introduction of additional HIP1 or overexpression of HIP-1 can lead to increased functionality of the defective or normal HD protein. Alternatively, modified forms of the HIP1 which bind more effectively to expanded HD could be introduced to convert the expanded HD protein into a functional molecule.
摘要:
The invention features ABC1 nucleic acids and polypeptides for the diagnosis and treatment of abnormal cholesterol regulation. The invention also features methods for identifying compounds for modulating cholesterol levels in an animal (e.g., a human).