申请人:DeLuca F. Hector
公开号:US20050119242A1
公开(公告)日:2005-06-02
Methods for treating and preventing obesity, inhibiting adipocyte differentiation, inhibiting increased SCD-1 gene transcription, and/or reducing body fat in a subject include administering at least one analog of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
3
or 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
2
or a pharmaceutical composition that includes such an analog to a subject in need thereof. The analog may be a 19-nor vitamin D analog such as a compound of formula IA, a compound of formula IB, or a mixture thereof where the variables R
1
, R
2
, and R
3
have the values described herein.
治疗和预防肥胖的方法,抑制脂肪细胞分化,抑制增加的SCD-1基因转录,和/或减少受试者体脂肪的方法包括向需要的受试者施用至少一种1α,25-二羟基维生素D3或1α,25-二羟基维生素D2的类似物或包含这种类似物的药物组合物。该类似物可以是19-去甲基维生素D类似物,如式IA的化合物,式IB的化合物,或其中的混合物,其中变量R1、R2和R3具有此处描述的值。