| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a method for screening for a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for apoptosis or an inflammation-associated disease, diabetes and complications thereof or a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), namely, a method for screening for a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for apoptosis or an inflammation-associated disease, diabetes and complications thereof or COPD, which includes (1) comparing the activities of a protein having an amino acid sequence the same as or substantially the same as the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2 or a partial peptide thereof or a salt thereof, between in the presence of a test substance and in the absence of the test substance, or (2) comparing the expressions of a protein having an amino acid sequence the same as or substantially the same as the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2, a partial peptide thereof and a salt thereof in the cells having the ability to produce the protein, the partial peptide thereof and the salt thereof, between in the presence of a test substance and in the absence of the test substance.
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