A new insight into treatment of diabetes mellitus——fibroblast growth factor 21 / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

Fibroblast growth factor(FGF)-21 is a novel insulin-independent glucose regulator,and can be a potential therapeutics for treatment of type Ⅱ diabetes.Although FGF-21 was discovered recently,the insight into its biology and therapeutic utility is rapidly evolving.A number of key metabolically-linked molecules and pathways have been suggested to be involved in the mechanism of action of FGF-21,which enables us to renew the understanding of the FGF-21.The aim of this review is to report the update research outcomes.