| abstract |
The present invention is intended to provide a preventive/therapeutic agent for anorexia nervosa, a preventive/therapeutic agent for obesity, etc. More specifically, the present invention provides a method/a kit for screening a compound or its salt that changes the binding properties of GPR7 to a polypeptide capable of binding specifically to GPR7, characterized by using GPR7 and the said polypeptide, compounds thus obtained, etc. <??>The compounds or salts thereof which can be obtained by the screening method or screening kit of the invention are useful as, for example, preventive/therapeutic agents for anorexia nervosa, appetite (eating) stimulants, preventive/therapeutic agents for obesity, preventive/therapeutic agents for overeating, etc. |