Australian studies have found that a protein secreted by the liver lowers blood sugar
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Last Update: 2020-12-02
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SYDNEY, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in Australia and other countries have found that a protein naturally secreted by the liver can lower blood sugar levels in mice with diabetes, hoping to develop new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes in the future. The findings have been published in a new issue of the American journal Science Translational Medicine.
, Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne in Australia, who was involved in the study, said the researchers found that when blood sugar levels were too high in laboratory mice, the liver secreted a protein called secretional modular calcium binding protein 1, which led to speculation that the protein might be associated with controlling blood sugar levels. Animal experiments showed that after injecting the processed protein into the mice with diabetes, not only did the blood sugar levels of the mice decrease, the fatty liver was controlled, and the blood cholesterol levels were reduced.
researchers say existing type 2 diabetes treatments, while effective, have problems with tolerance and side effects, and they hope to develop new drugs based on the protein that are more effective and more potent than existing ones.
team hopes to work with pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs based on the protein that only need to be injected once a week and start clinical trials as soon as possible.
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