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Mol Biosyst
; 13(8): 1432-1437, 2017 Jul 25.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28685788
RESUMO
Type 1 diabetes is associated with such complications as blindness, kidney failure, and nerve damage. Replacing C-peptide, a hormone normally co-secreted with insulin, has been shown to reduce diabetes-related complications. Interestingly, after nearly 30 years of positive research results, C-peptide is still not being co-administered with insulin to diabetic patients. The following review discusses the potential of C-peptide as an auxilliary replacement therapy and why it's not currently being used as a therapeutic.