| Budget Amount *help |
¥18,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥7,020,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,620,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In order to treat type 2 diabetes, it is important to improve body weight and liver glucose uptake. In the process of screening for secreted proteins which could decrease blood glucose, a 32kDa protein was identified by comparison of gene expression profile between normal and diabetic pancreatic islets. Overexpression of the protein in mice significantly increased liver glucose-uptake and decreased fat accumulation in an insulin-independent manner. The plasma levels of the protein secreted were not associated with blood glucose levels in diabetic patients, but with body mass index in obese patients.
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