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Targeting beta-cell mass in type 2 diabetes: promise and limitations of new drugs based on incretins.

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Salehi, M; Aulinger, BA; D'Alessio, DA
Published in: Endocr Rev
May 2008

Progressive insulin secretory defects, due to either functional abnormalities of the pancreatic beta-cells or a reduction in beta-cell mass, are the cornerstone of type 2 diabetes. Incretin-based drugs hold the potential to improve glucose tolerance by immediate favorable effect on beta-cell physiology as well as by expanding or at least maintaining beta-cell mass, which may delay the progression of the disease. Long-term studies in humans are needed to elaborate on these effects.

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Published In

Endocr Rev

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ISSN

0163-769X

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

29

Issue

3

Start / End Page

367 / 379

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells
  • Incretins
  • Humans
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Animals
  • 3215 Reproductive medicine
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
 

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Salehi, M., Aulinger, B. A., & D’Alessio, D. A. (2008). Targeting beta-cell mass in type 2 diabetes: promise and limitations of new drugs based on incretins. Endocr Rev, 29(3), 367–379. https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2007-0031
Salehi, Marzieh, Benedikt A. Aulinger, and David A. D’Alessio. “Targeting beta-cell mass in type 2 diabetes: promise and limitations of new drugs based on incretins.Endocr Rev 29, no. 3 (May 2008): 367–79. https://doi.org/10.1210/er.2007-0031.
Salehi M, Aulinger BA, D’Alessio DA. Targeting beta-cell mass in type 2 diabetes: promise and limitations of new drugs based on incretins. Endocr Rev. 2008 May;29(3):367–79.
Salehi, Marzieh, et al. “Targeting beta-cell mass in type 2 diabetes: promise and limitations of new drugs based on incretins.Endocr Rev, vol. 29, no. 3, May 2008, pp. 367–79. Pubmed, doi:10.1210/er.2007-0031.
Salehi M, Aulinger BA, D’Alessio DA. Targeting beta-cell mass in type 2 diabetes: promise and limitations of new drugs based on incretins. Endocr Rev. 2008 May;29(3):367–379.
Journal cover image

Published In

Endocr Rev

DOI

ISSN

0163-769X

Publication Date

May 2008

Volume

29

Issue

3

Start / End Page

367 / 379

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Insulin-Secreting Cells
  • Incretins
  • Humans
  • Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Animals
  • 3215 Reproductive medicine
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine