COMPOSITION FOR INCREASING BODY HEIGHT

摘要

It is intended to provide a composition for increasing the body height of a patient with short stature or an individual other than patients with short stature. More specifically speaking, a composition for increasing the body height containing a guanyl cyclase B (GC-B) activator as the active ingredient which is to be administered to an individual free from FGFR3 failure; a method for increasing the body height of an individual free from FGFR3 failure which comprises activating GC-B; a method of screening an agent for increasing the body height which comprises selecting an agent for increasing the body height with the use of the GC-B activity as an indication; and a method of elongating a cartilaginous bone free from FGFR3 failure which comprises activating GC-B.