RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Vinall, Maria
T1 Understanding Incretin Hormone Action and the Treatment of Diabetes
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 16
SP 6
OP 8
DO 10.1177/155989771216001
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/16/6.abstract
AB In the 44th Claude Bernard Lecture on diabetes, Daniel J. Drucker, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, discussed his research findings concerning incretin hormone action and the treatment of diabetes. The lecture covered the pharmacological/physiological mechanisms of the glucagon-like peptides GLP-1 and GLP-2, and their relevance to the treatment of human disease.