Incretin hormones: Their role in health and disease.

Michael A, Nauck,; Juris J, Meier,

doi:10.1111/dom.13129

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Incretin hormones: Their role in health and disease.

Published in Diabetes, obesity & metabolism • Feb 1, 2018

Authors:

Nauck, Michael A

Meier, Juris J

Abstract

Incretin hormones are gut peptides that are secreted after nutrient intake and stimulate insulin secretion together with hyperglycaemia. GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) und GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) are the known incretin hormones from the upper (GIP, K cells) and lower (GLP...

Subject

glucagon

glucagon-like peptide-1

glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide

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