ISOLATION OF THE PEROXISOME PROLIFERATION-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR-GAMMA (PPAR gamma ) LIGAND AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention is drawn toward novel endogenous PPAR gamma ligand, the isolation of the ligand and the use of the isolated ligand to stimulate PPAR gamma activity in cells of interest. The invention is also drawn to diagnostic methods to detect the level of the ligand in a sample of interest.