Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) A team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers has made two major discoveries involving psoriasis, a chronic and debilitating skin disease with no known cure. The researchers found that an overabundance of a protein known as KLK6 can produce and worsen the skin inflammation characteristic...
Tag: <span>Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4)</span>
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Addition of DPP4i to AGI reduces HbA1c in T2DM
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), inadequately controlled with alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs), the addition of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor (DPP4i) is associated with a greater reduction in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), according to a review published online Sept. 26 in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation. Se Hee Min, M.D., from the Seoul National University...