11-Beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 inhibitors as anti-obesity/anti-diabetes compounds and 17-beta hydrosteroid dehydrogenase type I inhibitors as useful agents for the treatment of cancers, especially breast cancer
申请人:Vander Jagt L. David
公开号:US20050228038A1
公开(公告)日:2005-10-13
This invention is directed to the discovery that 11-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 may be a common molecular etiology for visceral obesity and the metabolic syndrome of obesity as well a treatment for diabetes, especially type II diabetes. The present invention also relates to the use of certain compounds as inhibitors of 17-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and their use for the treatment of cancer, especially breast cancer.