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Materials and methods for the treatment or prevention of obesity

  • US 7,704,979 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2001
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of regulating body weight comprising administering to an individual in need thereof an antagonist of calcitrophic hormone (1,25-(OH)2-D) activity, wherein the antagonist is 1-β

  • ,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, in an amount effective to block calcitrophic hormone (1,25-(OH)2-D) activity in adipocytes of said individual, and increase intracellular calcium, said antagonist inducing weight loss, and/or increasing metabolic consumption of adipose tissue.

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