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    Effects of insulin therapy on weight gain and fat distribution in the HF/HS-STZ rat model of type 2 diabetes

    Insulin therapy is required for many patients with the obesity-related disorder type 2 diabetes, but is also associated with weight gain. The specific location of adipose tissue location matters to cardiovascu...

    S Skovsø, J Damgaard, J J Fels, G S Olsen, X A Wolf in International Journal of Obesity (2015)

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    Upregulation of alpha cell glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in Psammomys obesus—an adaptive response to hyperglycaemia?

    The hormone glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is released in response to a meal from the intestinal L-cells, where it is processed from proglucagon by the proconvertase (PC)1/3. In contrast, in the adult islets ...

    A. M. K. Hansen, T. B. Bödvarsdottir, D. N. E. Nordestgaard, R. S. Heller in Diabetologia (2011)