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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Michael S. German, Daly City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael S. German, Daly City, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/85 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention features polypeptides having activity of human neurogenin3 (hNgn3), and nucleic acid encoding such polypeptide. The invention also features use of islet transcription factors such as hNgn3 to facilitate production of pancreatic islet cells from progenitor cells, and to facilitate insulin delivery by production of islet cells so produced.