431 results about "Beta cell" patented technology

Markers for mature β-cells and methods of using these markers are disclosed.

A human immature endocrine cell population and methods for making an immature endocrine cell population are provided. Specifically, immature beta cells and methods for production of immature beta cells are described. Immature beta cells co-express INS and NKX6.1 and are uni-potent and thereby develop into mature beta cells when implanted in vivo. The mature beta cells in vivo are capable of producing insulin in response to glucose stimulation.

The invention discloses a mesenchymal stem cell injection, a preparation method and application of the mesenchymal stem cell injection in preparing a medicine for treating diabetes; the mesenchymal stem cells are derived from human umbilical cord and placenta; the mesenchymal stem cell injection consists of components: human mesenchymal stem cells, human albumin, low molecular heparin calcium, compound amino acid, vitamin C of 0.5% and dissolving medium; and the dissolving medium can be a compound electrolyte solution or glucose or normal saline. According to the mesenchymal stem cell injection, the preparation method and the application of the mesenchymal stem cell injection in preparing the medicine for treating the diabetes, the mesenchymal stem cell injection is used for repairing injured islet beta cells, and the blood sugar is reduced by secretion of the endogenous insulin, therefore, a purpose of foundational treating the diabetes is achieved. A disease course of the diabetes can be reversed, patients are helped in escaping out of inconvenience and toxic and side effects of taking the endogenous drug and injecting the insulin as well as serious complications caused by poor control of the blood sugar; and the 1-type and 2-type diabetes are treated thoroughly.

Methods and compositions for treating diabetes mellitus in a patient in need thereof are provided. The methods include administering to a patient a composition providing a gastrin / CCK receptor ligand, e.g., a gastrin, and / or an epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor ligand, e.g., TGF-alpha, in an amount sufficient to effect differentiation of pancreatic islet precursor cells to mature insulin-secreting cells. The composition can be administered systemically or expressed in situ by cells transgenically supplemented with one or both of a gastrin / CCK receptor ligand gene, e.g., a preprogastrin peptide precursor gene and an EGF receptor ligand gene, e.g., a TGF-alpha gene. The methods also include transplanting into a patient cultured pancreatic islets in which mature insulin-secreting beta cells are proliferated by exposure to a gastrin / CCK receptor ligand and an EGF receptor ligand.

The present invention relates to the phytocannabinoid tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) for use in the protection of pancreatic islet cells. Preferably the pancreatic islet cells to be protected are beta cells. More preferably the protection of the pancreatic islet cells maintains insulin production at levels which are able to substantially control or improve control of blood glucose levels in a patient.