EP Patent

EP2873727A1 — Brown fat cells and method for preparing same

Assigned to Kyoto Prefectural PUC · Expires 2015-05-20 · 11y expired

What this patent protects

This invention provides a method for preparing a brown adipocyte from a somatic cell of a mammal by introducing at least one brown adipocyte-related gene or expression product thereof and at least one reprogramming-related gene or expression product thereof into the somatic cell,…

USPTO Abstract

This invention provides a method for preparing a brown adipocyte from a somatic cell of a mammal by introducing at least one brown adipocyte-related gene or expression product thereof and at least one reprogramming-related gene or expression product thereof into the somatic cell, the brown adipocyte-related gene being at least one member selected from the group consisting of PRDM16(P) and C/EBP²(C), the reprogramming-related gene being at least one member selected from the group consisting of Myc family genes (c-Myc(M), N-Myc, L-Myc(L), S-Myc, and B-Myc), GLIS family genes (GLIS1 (G), GLIS 2, and GLIS 3), Klf family genes (KLF1, KLF2, KLF3, KLF4(K), KLF5, KLF6, KLF7, KLF8, KLF9, KLF10, KLF11, KLF12, KLF13, KLF14, KLF15, KLF16, and KLF17), Oct family genes, Sox family genes, and Lin-28.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
EP2873727A1
Jurisdiction
EP
Classification
—
Expires
2015-05-20
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Kyoto Prefectural PUC
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