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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
May. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Bernadette Husson, Saint Apollinaire, FR;
Pierre Broqua, Antony, FR;
Jean-louis Junien, Sevres, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Laboratoires Fournier S.A., Dijon, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/44 (2006.01); A61K 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a novel therapeutical use of liver X receptor (LXR) agonsits. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of LXR agonist for the preparation of a medicament useful for the treatment and/or the prevention of a disease associated with beta cells degeneration, such as diabetes, and a method for increasing ex vivo viability of pancreatic islet cells, comprising contacting said islet cells with a LXR agonist.