摘要 |
The present invention provides methods to decrease or maintain body weight and/or body fat in patients, e.g. humans and animals, for example in the treatment of overweight or obese patients, or as a means to produce leaner meat in food stock animals, e.g., cattle, chickens, pigs, alone or in combination with second therapeutic agent; methods to treat diabetes and/or glucose intolerance; and methods to treat metabolic syndrome disorders in patients in need thereof, by administering a CCR2 therapeutic agent, kits for the above-identified therapeutic uses, and methods of identifying CCR2 therapeutic agents for treating the above-described therapeutic uses. |