METHODS AND ASSAYS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING OBESITY AND/OR DIABETES OR INCREASING INSULIN SENSITIVITY
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Aug 29, 2013
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Apr 8, 2011
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The present invention provides methods for determining a putative agent that treats or prevents obesity and/or diabetes or increasing insulin sensitivity, the method comprising contacting cells with the putative agent and measuring thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) or thioredoxin expression or activity in the cells. The present invention also provides the agent, the pharmaceutical composition, and methods of preventing or treating obesity and/or diabetes or of increasing insulin sensitivity or glucose sensitivity, the method comprising administration of the agent that decreases the expression of TXNIP or activity of TXNIP.
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