Abstract: The present invention features a method of treating or reducing the likelihood of an inflammatory autoimmune disorder (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)) or a kidney disorder (e.g., glomerulonephritis) in a subject by administering an inhibitor of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV (CaMKIV). The invention additionally features methods of diagnosing a subject with SLE or a kidney disorder by determining the level or biological activity of a CaMKIV nucleic acid or polypeptide in a sample from a subject. Also included in the invention are methods for identifying compounds that inhibit CaMKIV for the treatment of an inflammatory autoimmune disorder (e.g., SLE) or a kidney disorder (e.g., glomerulonephritis).

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using the Internet and, more particularly, to a method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using the Internet, which not only allows a commodity purchaser to give a predetermined deposit to a commodity seller, to purchase commodities at low prices, and to be issued both a dividend and an award for contribution previously stipulated by the commodity seller, depending on the contribution level of the amount spent purchasing commodities and the deposit after a predetermined period has elapsed, but also allows the commodity seller to finance a business using funds obtained on the basis of the credit thereof, thus maintaining continuous business relations between the commodity purchaser and the commodity seller.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using the Internet and, more particularly, to a method of selling commodities and sharing sales profits using the Internet, which not only allows a commodity purchaser to give a predetermined deposit to a commodity seller, to purchase commodities at low prices, and to be issued both a dividend and an award for contribution previously stipulated by the commodity seller, depending on the contribution level of the amount spent purchasing commodities and the deposit after a predetermined period has elapsed, but also allows the commodity seller to finance a business using funds obtained on the basis of the credit thereof, thus maintaining continuous business relations between the commodity purchaser and the commodity seller.