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in·cre·tin

(ĭn-krēt′n)

Any of several gastrointestinal hormones that bring about the release of insulin from the pancreas after carbohydrate ingestion and are essential in maintaining normal levels of glucose in the blood.

[Blend of increase and secretin.]

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Incretins are the superfamily of polypeptides released from intestinal cells in response to nutritional ingestion.

Variable anti-edema and anti-granuloma effects of liraglutide and teneligliptin on experimental Wistar albino rat inflammatory models

Incretins are gastrointestinal hormones that increase insulin release from beta cells in the pancreas, while also inhibiting glucagon secretion and slowing absorption of carbohydrates.

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But the risk of cancer diminished over time, suggesting that there was no causal relationship between incretins and pancreatic cancer.

Rapid deterioration of type 2 diabetes in patients may be marker that they have early pancreatic cancer

That's where the incretins come into play, he said.

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In response to the review article by Gupta, "Pleiotropic effects of incretins," we conducted a small prospective study to see benefits with injectable incretin liraglutide.

Treatment of obesity: newer perspectives

1] Some of these new therapeutic agents, the incretins, have been shown to lower traditional cardiovascular risk factors and also mitigate newly identified risk factors such as hypoglycaemia and weight gain, both of which often develop as adverse effects when tight glucose control is achieved.

Targeting composite treatment of type 2 diabetes in middle-income countries--walking a tightrope between hyperglycaemia and the dangers of hypoglycaemia

A new class of antidiabetics allow the natural intestinal insulin controllers, called incretins, to stay longer.

The Filipino type 2 DM journey on newer therapies

The American Diabetes Association/European Association for the Study of Diabetes consensus algorithm for the treatment of type 2 DM endorses the use of newer class of drugs, the incretins or incretin-based therapies such as DPP-4 inhibitors, either alone or in combination.

Comparative evaluation of combination of metformin and glimepiride with that of metformin and sitagliptin in type 2 diabetes mellitus with respect to glycemic targets

After a meal, your body produces incretins, hormones that lower sugar levels.

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Medications such as exenatide (Byetta) are called incretin mimetics, because they mimic incretins, which are hormones released into the blood when we digest food.

Newer diabetes drugs may be harming your pancreas

6 These incretins play a role in glucose homeostasis by increasing insulin release in response to a meal; GLP1 also decreases glucagon release.

Safety and efficacy of sitagliptin compared with glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus inadequately controlled with metformin monotherapy

Their insulin-regulating role, dubbed the "incretin effect," has led to development of synthetic incretins now used in treatment of type 2 diabetes.