Molecular engineering of safe and efficacious oral basal insulin

Recently, the first orally-administered ultra-long acting insulin was shown to have clinical efficacy. Here, the authors report the molecular engineering, as well as the biological and pharmacological properties of these insulin analogues.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Frantisek Hubálek, Hanne H. F. Refsgaard, Sanne Gram-Nielsen, Peter Madsen, Erica Nishimura, Martin Münzel, Christian Lehn Brand, Carsten Enggaard Stidsen, Christian Hove Claussen, Erik Max Wulff, Lone Pridal, Ulla Ribel, Jonas Kildegaard, Trine Porsgaard, Eva Johansson, Dorte Bjerre Steensgaard, Lars Hovgaard, Tine Glendorf, Bo Falck Hansen, Maja Kirkegaard Jensen, Peter Kresten Nielsen, Svend Ludvigsen, Susanne Rugh, Patrick W. Garibay, Mary Courtney Moore, Alan D. Cherrington, Thomas Kjeldsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17487-9