| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide new compositions that are useful for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, prevention and therapy evaluation of bone remodeling and associated disorders by further understanding a bone remodeling process, as well as polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives thereof particularly involved in bone remodeling identified by applying a newly developed method for analyzing polynucleotide expression patterns.SOLUTION: The invention relates, in part, to unique and newly identified genetic polynucleotides involved in the process of bone remodeling; variants and derivatives of the polynucleotides and corresponding polypeptides; uses of the polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives; and methods and compositions for the amelioration of symptoms caused by bone remodeling disorders. Disclosed in particular are, the isolation and identification of polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives involved in osteoclast activity, validation of the identified polynucleotides for their potential as therapeutic targets and use of the polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants and derivatives for the amelioration of disease states and research purposes.SELECTED DRAWING: None |
