Abstract
3/2008
vol. 11
Agents that improve incretin action in the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Przew Lek 2008; 3: 24-31
Online publish date: 2008/07/11
Preservation of normoglycaemia is a key goal of diabetes treatment. There is a wide gap between the results of glycaemic control in daily practice and the guidelines. Currently incretin hormones are of clinical interest. These are gut hormones which stimulate b-cells to secrete insulin in a glucose-dependent manner. Impairment of the effect of incretin plays a role in the pathogenesis of diabetes. The aim of this article was to present new groups of agents which improve the effect of incretin in treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Keywords
incretin hormones, GLP-1 receptor agonist, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, type 2 diabetes
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