Erschienen in:
01.10.2014 | Letter
An explanation for recent discrepancies in levels of human circulating betatrophin
verfasst von:
Zhiyao Fu, Abdul B. Abou-Samra, Ren Zhang
Erschienen in:
Diabetologia
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Ausgabe 10/2014
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To the Editor: In addition to hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus is often associated with hypertriglyceridaemia. Recently, we and others have identified a novel circulating factor, referred to as lipasin [
1], refeeding induced in fat and liver (RIFL) [
2], angiopoietin-like protein 8 (ANGPTL8) [
3,
4], and betatrophin [
5], which may have a dual role in mediating both triacylglycerol metabolism and glucose homeostasis. …