Peptide Therapies in Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic syndrome that is defined by raised plasma glucose levels, accompanied by complete or partial deficiency of insulin. Type II diabetes contributes to more than 90 % of …
The incretin hormones: GLP-1 and GIP
Glucagon-like peptide-1(GLP-1) and glucose-depended insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) are the two peptides that have been confirmed to act as incretin hormones to date. GIP was the first incretin hormone identified. It …