Obesity and obesity-related disease therapeutic agent and evaluation method thereof

摘要

The present invention relates to remedies for obesity and obesity-related diseases which comprise as an active ingredient STAT6 having an effect of accelerating the signal transduction pathway from IL-13 to STAT6, or a related substance thereof; and a method of evaluating the activity of such a remedy against obesity and obesity-related diseases by administering the test drug to a STAT6 knockout non-human animal.