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Are peptide conjugates the golden therapy against obesity?

J. Endocrinol. 238, R109-R119 (2018)
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Obesity is a worldwide pandemic, which can be fatal for the most extremely affected individuals. Lifestyle interventions such as diet and exercise are largely ineffective and current anti-obesity medications offer little in the way of significant or sustained weight loss. Bariatric surgery is effective, but largely restricted to only a small subset of extremely obese patients. While the hormonal factors mediating sustained weight loss and remission of diabetes by bariatric surgery remain elusive, a new class of polypharmacological drugs shows potential to shrink the gap in efficacy between a surgery and pharmacology. In essence, this new class of drugs combines the beneficial effects of several independent hormones into a single entity, thereby combining their metabolic efficacy to improve systems metabolism. Such unimolecular drugs include single molecules with agonism at the receptors for glucagon, glucagon-like peptide 1 and the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide. In preclinical studies, these specially tailored multiagonists outperform both their mono-agonist components and current best in class anti-obesity medications. While clinical trials and vigorous safety analyses are ongoing, these drugs are poised to have a transformative effect in anti-obesity therapy and might hopefully lead the way to a new era in weight-loss pharmacology.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Review
Schlagwörter Diabetes ; Metabolism ; Obesity ; Peptides
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Veröffentlichungsjahr 2018
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2018
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0022-0795
e-ISSN 1479-6805
Quellenangaben Band: 238, Heft: 2, Seiten: R109-R119 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Society for Endocrinology
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30201 - Metabolic Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Helmholtz Diabetes Center
PSP-Element(e) G-502200-001
Scopus ID 85049476947
PubMed ID 29848610
Erfassungsdatum 2018-06-27