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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Universitat Autonoma DE Barcelona, Barcelona, ES;
Cristina Mallol Dominguez, Cerdanyola del Valles, ES;
Fatima Bosch Tubert, Cerdanyola del Valles, ES;
Veronica Jimenez Cenzano, Cerdanyola del Valles, ES;
Other;
Abstract
They are provided gene constructs comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) of a mammal; and target sequences of a microRNA of a tissue where the expression of IGF-1 is wanted to be prevented, wherein the sequences (a) and (b) are operationally linked to a promoter of ubiquitous expression. Also provided are expression vectors comprising the gene construct and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. They are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes mellitus in mammals, wherein a dysfunction and/or a loss of the beta-cells of the islets of Langerhans is present.