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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Applicant:
Lawrence Rosenberg, Montreal, CA;
Inventor:
Lawrence Rosenberg, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
McGill University, Montreal, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Pancreatic acinar cells contribute to β-cell neogenesis. Hamsters administered pentadecapeptide of INGAP protein demonstrated a 2-fold increase in the number of extra-islet acinar-associated β-cell clusters resulting in a 2.8-fold increase in the overall extra-islet β cell mass as compared to controls. In mammals acinar-to-β-cell differentiation provides an alternate pathway to β-cell neogenesis; INGAP peptide plays a significant role in this process.