The journey to understanding incretin systems: Theory, practice and more theory.

J Diabetes Investig

Yutaka Seino Distinguished Center for Diabetes Research, Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Kobe, Japan.

Published: September 2019

Accumulating clinical data on incretin-based dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the past decade have clearly confirmed their safety and efficacy as antidiabetes drugs. However, the journey to understand the incretin system and its role in health and disease continues.

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