Pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic kidney disease
This invention is related to a therapeutic agent for treating chronic kidney disease comprising a substance which inhibits the enzymatic activity of NNMT or suppresses NNMT gene expression, or a method for screening a therapeutic agent for treating chronic kidney disease which targets the NNMT enzyme or NNMT gene.
1. A method of treatment comprising a step of administering a substance inhibiting the enzymatic activity of nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) or suppressing NNMT gene expression for treating chronic kidney disease.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substance inhibiting the enzymatic activity of NNMT or suppressing NNMT gene expression is a nucleic acid.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the nucleic acid is a siRNA, an antisense oligonucleotide or an expression vector thereof.