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Is adrenomedullin a causal agent in some cases of type 2 diabetes?
Peptides - 1 Dec 1999
Martínez A, Elsasser T H, Bhathena S J, Pío R, Buchanan T A, Macri C J, Cuttitta F
Abstract excerpt
The study of two populations with a recent onset of type 2 diabetes showed that a subset of the patients had higher levels of adrenomedullin (AM) than the rest of the diabetics. In this subset, physiological elevations of AM might have triggered the disease in predisposed individuals. Diabetics showed higher levels of AM than healthy controls. In addition, glycemia was measured in diabetic rats after injection of...
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