The Place of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes Therapeutics: A “Me Too” or “the Special One” Antidiabetic Class?

Incretin-based therapies, the most recent therapeutic options for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) management, can modify various elements of the disease, including hypersecretion of glucagon, abnormal gastric emptying, postprandial hyperglycaemia, and, possibly, pancreatic β cell dysfunction. Dipept...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Godinho, Cristina Mega, Edite Teixeira-de-Lemos, Eugénia Carvalho, Frederico Teixeira, Rosa Fernandes, Flávio Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/806979