Use of decorin or biglycan for the manufacture of a medicament in the treatment of diabetes-associated pathology

摘要

The present invention provides a method for treating or arresting the progress of pathologies characterized by an accumulation of extracellular matrix components by providing an agent to suppress the activity of transforming growth factor beta (TGF- beta ) a peptide growth factor which is anabolic and leads to fibrosis and angiogenesis. Pathologies which can be so treated include the various fibrotic diseases such as fibrotic cancer, fibrosis of the lungs, arteriosclerosis, post myocardial infarction, cardiac fibrosis, post-angioplasty restenosis, renal interstitial fibrosis, scarring and diabetic nephropathy. The present invention further provides methods for treating diabetes and pharmaceutical compositions useful in such methods.