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    Diabetologia. 2011 Nov;54(11):2741-4. Epub 2011 Sep 3.

    Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, obesity and psoriasis: diabetes meets dermatology.

    Drucker DJ, Rosen CF.

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    Department of Medicine, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Ave TCP5-1004, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada. drucker@lunenfeld.ca

    Abstract

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterised by beta cell failure, which frequently develops in the setting of insulin resistance. Inflammation contributes to the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes by impairing insulin action in peripheral tissues and via reduction of beta cell function. Inflammation may also play an important role in the development of complications that arise in patients with type 2 diabetes. Hence, the anti-inflammatory actions of commonly used glucose-lowering drugs may contribute, indirectly, to their mechanisms of action and therapeutic benefit. Herein we highlight the anti-inflammatory actions of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which exerts direct and indirect actions on immune function. The observations that GLP-1 receptor agonists exert anti-inflammatory actions in preclinical studies, taken together with case reports linking improvements in psoriasis with GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy, illustrates the emerging clinical implications of non-classical anti-inflammatory actions of incretin-based therapeutics.

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    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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