Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 53:171120
His kitchen counter was lined with bottles: several oral anti-diabetes medications like metformin, three blood pressure medications, and a statin and on top of that, he was injecting high doses of insulin every day just to keep his diabetes under control
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Despite a common mode of action, there are differences between the GLP-1RAs, including duration of action, dosing frequency and regimen, and administration device (Table 1)
In patients with obesity and diabetes, fat infiltration, apoptosis, and the inability to repair the injury depend on the myostatin/IL-6 balance, which may be critical in causing stem cell damage
Genetic inactivation of Cpt1b abrogates fatty acid oxidation in cardiomyocytes, enhances resistance to hypoxia, and stimulates cardiomyocyte proliferation, facilitating heart regeneration after ischemia-reperfusion injury 35