Author/Editor		Bavec, Aljoša
Title		(Poly)peptide-based therapy for diabetes mellitus
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 99, št. 1/2
Publication year		2014
Volume		str. 7-13
ISSN		1879-0631 - Life sciences
Language		eng
Abstract		Insulin therapy remains the standard of care for achieving and maintaining adequate glycemic control, especially in hospitalized patients with critical and noncritical illnesses. Insulin therapy is more effective against elevated fasting glycaemia but less in the reduction of postprandial hyperglycaemia. It is associated with a high incidence of hypoglycemia and weight gain. Contrary, GLP-1 mimetic therapy improves postprandial glycaemia without the hypoglycaemia and weight gain associated with aggressive insulin therapy. Moreover, it has the potential to reduce cardiovascular related morbidity. However, its increased immunogenicity and severe gastrointestinal adverse effects present a huge burden on patients. Thus, a right combination of basal insulin which has lowering effect on fasting plasma glucose and GLP-1 mimetic with its lowering effect on postprandial plasma glucose with minimal gastrointestinal adverse effects, seems the right therapy choice from a clinical point of view for some diabetic patients. In this article, we discuss the pros and cons of the use of insulin analogues and GLP-1 mimetics that are associated with the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Keywords		diabetes insulin analogues incretins sladkorna bolezen analogi insulina inkretini