TARGET FOR MODULATING BODY MASS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230313199A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18023792

    申请日:2021-08-31

    IPC分类号: C12N15/113 G01N33/50 A61P3/00

    摘要: Disclosed are methods of increasing mitochondrial respiration to treat obesity-related diseases and conditions, such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes (NIDDM (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus)), impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis and various types of cancer, such as endometrial, breast, prostate and colon cancers and the risk for premature death as well as other conditions, such as diseases and disorders, which conditions are improved by an increase in mitochondrial respiration. Also disclosed are methods of promoting weight gain, which is achieved by a decrease in mitochondrial respiration. Also disclosed are methods of identifying compounds useful for increasing mitochondrial respiration to treat obesity-related diseases and conditions.

    METHODS FOR IN VITRO EVOLUTION OF CONSTRUCTS DERIVED FROM VIRUSES

    公开(公告)号:US20200224174A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16739182

    申请日:2020-01-10

    摘要: The disclosure provides methods for an in vitro evolution technique to identify and characterize mutations in the non-structural genes of an alphavirus replicon that increase the strength and persistence of expression of the replicon genome. Also provided herein are in vivo methods for administering to an animal model a mutated alphavirus replicon that codes for a gene of experimental or therapeutic interest in the subgenome of the alphavirus replicon. The mutations identified herein improve the therapeutic potential of self-replicating RNA, which may have implications for cancer immunotherapy and beyond, e.g., for vaccination or gene therapy.