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Anti-diabetic activity of insulin-degrading enzyme inhibitors mediated by multiple hormones.
Nature - 3 Jul 2014
Maianti Juan Pablo, McFedries Amanda, Foda Zachariah H, Kleiner Ralph E, Du Xiu Quan, Leissring Malcolm A, Tang Wei-Jen, Charron Maureen J, Seeliger Markus A, Saghatelian Alan, Liu David R
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Despite decades of speculation that inhibiting endogenous insulin degradation might treat type-2 diabetes, and the identification of IDE (insulin-degrading enzyme) as a diabetes susceptibility gene, the relationship between the activity of the zinc metalloprotein IDE and glucose homeostasis remains unclear. Although Ide(-/-) mice have elevated insulin levels, they exhibit impaired, rather than improved, glucose...
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