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B-type natriuretic peptide levels may play a role in decreasing a person's risk for type 2 diabetes, according to researchers in the United Kingdom.
The hormone B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) helps maintain cardiovascular function by mediating vasodilation, natriuresis and antifibrotic effects, the researchers said in a study published online in PLoS Medicine. The hormone, however, also has lipolytic activity, and cross-sectional studies indicate that people with obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes have decreased levels of BNP or the inactive fragment of its pro-hormone, N-terminal fragment of pro-BNP (NT-proBNP).
http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=88865
The hormone B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) helps maintain cardiovascular function by mediating vasodilation, natriuresis and antifibrotic effects, the researchers said in a study published online in PLoS Medicine. The hormone, however, also has lipolytic activity, and cross-sectional studies indicate that people with obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes have decreased levels of BNP or the inactive fragment of its pro-hormone, N-terminal fragment of pro-BNP (NT-proBNP).
http://www.endocrinetoday.com/view.aspx?rid=88865