Use of secreted protein products for preventing and treating pancreatic diseases and/or obesity and/or metabolic syndrome

摘要

This invention relates to the use of secreted SF01-SF13 proteins, to the use of polynucleotides encoding these, and to the use of effectors/modulators thereof in the diagnosis, study, prevention, and treatment of pancreatic diseases (e.g. diabetes mellitus), obesity and/or metabolic syndrome and to the use in regeneration of tissues such as pancreatic tissues and others.