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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A single overactive enzyme worsens the two core defects of diabetes?impaired insulin sensitivity and overproduction of glucose?suggesting that a drug targeting the enzyme could help correct both at once, according to mouse studies done by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center. The findings were published today in the online edition of Cell Metabolism.
A drug that inhibits the enzyme, MK2, eventually could be added to metformin?the current first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes?to achieve better control over insulin and glucose levels than is possible with either drug alone, said the researchers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131121125649.htm
A drug that inhibits the enzyme, MK2, eventually could be added to metformin?the current first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes?to achieve better control over insulin and glucose levels than is possible with either drug alone, said the researchers.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131121125649.htm