METHOD OF PREVENTING OR TREATING TYPE 1 DIABETES BY GENE THERAPY WITH A SECRETED FORM OF GLUTAMIC ACID DECARBOXYLASE.

摘要

A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating diabetes in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing diabetes, wh o is developing diabetes or who is diabetic and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a pharmaceutical agent comprising a polynucleotide encoding a secreted exogenous protein, such as a secreted form of human glutamic acid decarboxylase.