Method for treating diabetic renal failure or syndrome X
View Patent ↗The present invention provides a method for improving pancreatic function in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom. The method of the invention is useful for treating and/or preventing and/or delaying the onset or progression of a disorder resulting from or associated with pancreatic dysfunction, e.g., resulting from abnormal endocrine or exocrine function of the pancreas.
1. A method for treating diabetic renal failure or syndrome X in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom are administered directly into the bloodstream of a subject.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom are administered intra-arterially.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STRO-1 + cells administered to the subject are STRO-1 bri , and/or express tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) and/or the progeny cells and/or soluble factors are derived from STRO-1 + cells that are STRO-1 bri and/or express TNAP.
5. The method of claim 1 for treating or delaying the progression of diabetic renal failure or syndrome X, wherein the STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom are administered following diagnosis of the diabetic renal failure or syndrome X.
6. The method of claim 1 additionally comprising monitoring or detecting onset and/or progression of diabetic renal failure or syndrome X.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom are administered in the form of a composition comprising said STRO-1 + cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom and a carrier and/or excipient.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the STRO-1 + cells are culture expanded prior to administration to the subject.