Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes

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Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. / Deacon, Carolyn F.

In: Peptides, Vol. 100, 02.2018, p. 150-157.

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Deacon, CF 2018, 'Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes', Peptides, vol. 100, pp. 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.10.011

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Deacon, C. F. (2018). Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Peptides, 100, 150-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.10.011

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Deacon CF. Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Peptides. 2018 Feb;100:150-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2017.10.011

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Deacon, Carolyn F. / Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In: Peptides. 2018 ; Vol. 100. pp. 150-157.

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title = "Peptide degradation and the role of DPP-4 inhibitors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes",
abstract = "Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are now a widely used, safe and efficacious class of antidiabetic drugs, which were developed prospectively using a rational drug design approach based on a thorough understanding of the endocrinology and degradation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). GLP-1 is an intestinal hormone with potent insulinotropic and glucagonostatic effects and can normalise blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, but the native peptide is not therapeutically useful because of its inherent metabolic instability. Using the GLP-1/DPP-4 system and type 2 diabetes as an example, this review summarises how knowledge of a peptide's biological effects coupled with an understanding of the pathways involved in its metabolic clearance can be exploited in a rational, step-by-step manner to develop a therapeutic agent, which is effective and well tolerated, and any side effects are minor and largely predictable. Other peptides with metabolic effects which can also be degraded by DPP-4 will be reviewed, and their potential role as additional mediators of the effects of DPP-4 inhibitors will be assessed.",
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N2 - Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are now a widely used, safe and efficacious class of antidiabetic drugs, which were developed prospectively using a rational drug design approach based on a thorough understanding of the endocrinology and degradation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1). GLP-1 is an intestinal hormone with potent insulinotropic and glucagonostatic effects and can normalise blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, but the native peptide is not therapeutically useful because of its inherent metabolic instability. Using the GLP-1/DPP-4 system and type 2 diabetes as an example, this review summarises how knowledge of a peptide's biological effects coupled with an understanding of the pathways involved in its metabolic clearance can be exploited in a rational, step-by-step manner to develop a therapeutic agent, which is effective and well tolerated, and any side effects are minor and largely predictable. Other peptides with metabolic effects which can also be degraded by DPP-4 will be reviewed, and their potential role as additional mediators of the effects of DPP-4 inhibitors will be assessed.

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