Lack of associations between betatrophin/ANGPTL8 level and C-peptide in type 2 diabetic subjects

BACKGROUND: Betatrophin has been suggested as an inducer of β-cell proliferation in mice in addition to its function in regulating triglyceride. Recent data showed that betatrophin was increased in Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), however, its ability to induce insulin production has been questioned. We hypot...

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Published in:Cardiovasc Diabetol
Main Authors: Abu-Farha, Mohamed, Abubaker, Jehad, Noronha, Fiona, Al-Khairi, Irina, Cherian, Preethi, Alarouj, Monira, Bennakhi, Abdullah, Elkum, Naser
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4546083/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26289721
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-015-0277-1
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