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Elevated circulating levels of an incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1, are associated with metabolic components in high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease

BACKGROUND: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin hormone that has a wide range of effects on glucose metabolism and cardiovascular function (e.g., improving insulin sensitivity, reduction in appetite, modulation of heart rate, blood pressure and myocardial contractility). Metabolic syndrom...

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Autores principales: Yamaoka-Tojo, Minako, Tojo, Taiki, Takahira, Naonobu, Matsunaga, Atsuhiko, Aoyama, Naoyoshi, Masuda, Takashi, Izumi, Tohru
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2891690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20470376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-9-17