PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE PROGENITOR CELL THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES (T2D)

摘要

Provided herein are therapies, and methods using that therapy, in the treatment of one or more of Type 2 diabetes (T2D), obesity, glucose intolerance and insulin resistance or to control weight gain in subjects. In particular, the subject may be candidates for treatment with one or more small molecule anti-diabetic drugs and the therapy may include implanting a population of pancreatic endocrine progenitor cells into the subject, where the cells are allowed to mature in vivo to produce a population.