USE OF PROINSULIN FOR THE PREPARATION OF A NEUROPROTECTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, THERAPEUTIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING IT AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to the use of a compound that induces the activity of proinsulin, preferably human proinuslin, for the preparation of a medicinal product or pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative conditions, disorders or diseases involving programmed cell death, preferably neurodegenerative pathologies of the central and peripheral nervous systems, and, more preferably, of the heredodegenerative diseases known as retinosis pigmentosa. The activator compound may consist of a chemical molecule, a peptide, a protein or a nucleotide sequence.