Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 As an Emerging Therapeutic Target for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Medicinal Research Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 672-704

  So, Wing Yan ^a   Leung, Po Sing ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

FGF21 analogs; glucose; lipid metabolism; pancreas; peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; FATTY ACID; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPID; LY 2405319; MACROGOL; METFORMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PF 05231023; RECOMBINANT FC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21 FUSION PROTEIN; SIRTUIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEEDING; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LIPID HOMEOSTASIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OBESITY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84974678605     PISSN: 01986325     EISSN: 10981128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/med.21390     Document Type: Review

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