METHODS OF TREATING OR PREVENTING INSULIN RESISTANCE AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
申请人:The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service
公开号:US20140350093A1
公开(公告)日:2014-11-27
Disclosed are methods of treating an animal for insulin resistance and associated diseases or conditions, activating the transcriptional activity of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1), or inducing the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) in an animal in need thereof, wherein the methods involve administering an effective amount of one or more compounds of formula (I) or an epimer thereof, wherein Ar, and R
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are described herein. Examples of diseases or conditions associated with insulin resistance include diabetes, obesity, inflammation, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovary disease, arteriosclerosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, reproductive abnormality in a female, and growth abnormality.