Article
Gene therapy for diabetes mellitus.
Current molecular medicine - 1 Jul 2001
Yamaoka T
Abstract excerpt
There are diverse strategies for gene therapy of diabetes mellitus. Prevention of beta-cell autoimmunity is a specific gene therapy for prevention of type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in a preclinical stage, whereas improvement in insulin sensitivity of peripheral tissues is a specific gene therapy for type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. Suppression of beta-cell apoptosis, recovery from insulin deficiency,...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Apoptosis
- Autoimmunity
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Genetic Engineering
- Genetic Therapy
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Insulin Secretion
- Islets of Langerhans
- Islets of Langerhans Transplantation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Proinsulin
- Regeneration
