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Literature summary for 3.4.14.5 extracted from

  • Ahren, B.
    DPP-4 inhibitors (2007), Best Pract. Res. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 21, 517-533.
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Application

Application Comment Organism
medicine both sitagliptin and vildagliptin improve metabolic control in type-2 diabetes, both in monotherapy and in combination with metformin and thiazolidinediones. DPP-4 inhibition is safe and well tolerated, the risk of hypoglycaemia is minimal, an DPP-4 inhibition is body-weight neutral. DPP-4 inhibition is suggested to be a first-line treatment of type-2 diabetes, particularly in its early stages in combination with metformin Homo sapiens

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
sitagliptin
-
Homo sapiens
vildagliptin
-
Homo sapiens

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Homo sapiens
-
-
-

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
blood plasma
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Homo sapiens
-

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
dipeptidyl peptidase 4
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Homo sapiens
DPP-4
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Homo sapiens