| Literature DB >> 28685788 |
C W Pinger1, K E Entwistle2, T M Bell1, Y Liu2, D M Spence1.
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes is associated with such complications as blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage. Replacing C-peptide, a hormone normally co-secreted with insulin, has been shown to reduce diabetes-related complications. Interestingly, after nearly 30 years of positive research results, C-peptide is still not being co-administered with insulin to diabetic patients. The following review discusses the potential of C-peptide as an auxilliary replacement therapy and why it's not currently being used as a therapeutic.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28685788 PMCID: PMC5796410 DOI: 10.1039/c7mb00199a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Biosyst ISSN: 1742-2051