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Treatment with sitagliptin exacerbates the M2 phenotype in macrophages in vitro.
International immunopharmacology - 3 Jan 2025
Quadros-Pereira Laura, Nery-Neto José Arimatéa de Oliveira, Da Silva Eloisa Martins, Doretto-Silva Lorena, Yariwake Victor Yuji, Câmara Niels Olsen, Andrade-Oliveira Vinicius
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Macrophages (MØ) participate in the induction and the control of the host's immune response in homeostasis and during inflammatory diseases. Sitagliptin is a drug that inhibits the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) and, therefore, increases the bioavailability of the incretins GIP (Gastric inhibitory polypeptide) and GLP-1 (Glucagon-like polypeptide). Thus, sitagliptin has been used to treat obesity and type...
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