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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2008
Yuguang Shi, Hershey, PA (US);
Guangming YE, Hershey, PA (US);
Yuguang Shi, Hershey, PA (US);
Guangming Ye, Hershey, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to compositions comprising, and methods utilizing PBK1 protein and DNA, including a method of detecting type 1 diabetes; a mammalian pancreas-derived cell comprising a recombinant nucleic acid encoding a PBK1 protein; a method of identifying a PBK1 modulator; a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of type 2 diabetes in a subject; a method of screening for an agent that treats a metabolic disease; delivery of PBK-1 DNA to a subject to stimulate pancreatic beta cell differentiation and/or regeneration; a method for stimulating cell differentiation and/or regeneration in a pancreatic beta cell; usage of transgenic mice with targeted deletion or overexpression of the PBK-1 gene to test efficacy and specificity of PBK-1 modulator compounds.