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Effect of Metformin on Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP-1) and Leptin Levels in Obese Nondiabetic Subjects

DOI

295

Citations

19

References

2001

Year

Edoardo Mannucci, Agostino Ognibene, Francesco Cremasco, Gianluca Bardini, A. Mencucci, E. Pierazzuoli, Silvia Ciani, Gianni Messeri, Carlo Maria Rotella
Diabetes Care

Abstract

Metformin significantly increases GLP-1 levels after an oral glucose load in obese nondiabetic subjects; this effect could be due to an inhibition of GLP-1 degradation.

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