Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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Research Abstract |
Among rheumatoid arthritis patients, fatty patients show relatively low inflammation. So we thought that leptin derived from fat tissue might reduce the inflammation. At first ob/ob mouse, which has no leptin in the body, did not show any kind of arthritis induced by anti-collagen antibody. Next we created acquired leptin resistance mice by high fat diet. They got higher leptin concentration and showed lower grade of arthritis induced by anti-collagen antibody. At last, we could not induce arthritis in leptin transgenic mice, which showed hyperleptinemia. Finally we found that leptin decreased the production of IL-6, pro-inflammatory cytokine. Hyperleptinemia reduces inflammation.
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