| abstract |
Disclosed are a method and a composition for the prevention or treatment of diabetic angiogenesis impairment or diabetic wound-healing impairment, using C-peptide. Found to be able to induce angiogenesis through chemotatic migration of endothelial cells, cell migration to wounded areas, capillary-like network formation, and ERK1/2 and Akt phosphorylation and NO production, C-peptide has prophylactic or therapeutic applications in a broad spectrum of various diabetic complications including diabetic angiogenesis impairment. |