申请人:THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
公开号:EP2605013A1
公开(公告)日:2013-06-19
This invention provides a polypeptide, TMEM27, and secreted forms thereof, nucleic acids and constructs encoding the same, and cells comprising the same. The TMEM27 protein is expressed in hormone positive cells at early stages of pancreas development and pancreatic beta-cells in the mature pancreas, whose expression promotes pancreatic beta-cell replication and increased islet mass. Applications of the protein in diagnostics and therapeutics are described.
本发明提供了一种多肽 TMEM27 及其分泌形式、编码该多肽的核酸和构建体以及包含该多肽的细胞。TMEM27 蛋白在胰腺发育早期的激素阳性细胞和成熟胰腺的胰岛β细胞中表达,其表达可促进胰岛β细胞的复制和胰岛质量的增加。本文介绍了该蛋白在诊断和治疗中的应用。