Provention Bio, Inc.
Methods and Compositions for Preventing Type 1 Diabetes

Abstract:

Provided herein, in one aspect, is a method of preventing or delaying the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes (T1D), comprising: providing a non-diabetic subject who is at risk for T1D; administering a prophylactically effective amount of an anti-CD3 antibody to the non-diabetic subject; and determining, prior to or after the administering step, that the non-diabetic subject has more than about 5% to more than about 10% TIGIT+KLRG1+CD8+ T-cells in all CD3+ T cells, which is indicative of successful prevention or delay of the onset of clinical T1D.