PMID: 20649096Jul 24, 2010Paper

Pro-insulin, C peptide, glucagon, adiponectin, TNF alpha, AMPK: neglected players in type 2 diabetes mellitus

The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
R D Lele

Abstract

This article emphasizes (1) the utility of routine measurement of pro-insulin to insulin ratio as a specific marker of insulin resistance and predictor of future T2DM, HT and CAD, (2) routine C-Peptide estimation to determine which T2DM needs insulin and to monitor the effect of newer drugs which promote beta cell regeneration, (3) routine estimation of adiponectin and TNF alpha and monitor response to thiozolidine drugs which increases adiponectin and decreases TNF alpha production by adipocytes, (4) crucial role of AMPK--Cellular energy sensor in mediating the beneficial effects of exercise as well as drugs (adiponectin, metformin) in T2DM, (5) Availability of glucogon suppressors will eliminate the need for giving insulin to T2 DM with normal C Pepetide levels which inevitably causes undesirable weight gain & hypoglycemia.

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