Items for "exendin-4"

The entero-insular axis: implications for human metabolism

Incretins such as glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) are intestinal hormones that are released in response to ingestion of nutrients, especially carbohydrate...

Keywords: adipose tissue, ?-cells, bone, brain, diabetes, dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV), exendin-4, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), glucose, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), incretins, insulin, liver, metabolism