In adults with type 2 diabetes, 6 months of liraglutide reduced the ApoB48 pool compared with before treatment.
In plain wordsIn adults with type 2 diabetes, liraglutide lowered the amount of ApoB48, a fat-carrying particle protein, compared with before treatment.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseApoB48 pool size
- Study
n = 10
- Comparator
- Baseline before liraglutide
- Outcome group
- Lipids · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 1.2 mg/d · 6 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- ApoB48 pool
- 65 mg
- after liraglutide
- ApoB48 pool
- 162 mg
- before treatment
Source sentences
In diabetic patients, liraglutide treatment induced a dramatic reduction of ApoB48 pool (65±38 versus 162±87 mg; P=0.005) because of a significant decrease in ApoB48 production rate (3.02±1.33 versus 6.14±4.27 mg kg-1 d-1; P=0.009) and a significant increase in ApoB48 fractiona…
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Approach and Results- We performed an in vivo kinetic study with stable isotopes (D8-valine) in the fed state in 10 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus before treatment and 6 months after the initiation of treatment with liraglutide (1.2 mg/d).