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Type 2 Diabetes Therapy

Research from R. Garcia-Macedo and co-researchers provides new data on type 2 diabetes therapy

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 21st, 2008

Data detailed in 'Glycine increases mRNA adiponectin and diminishes pro-inflammatory adipokines expression in 3T3-L1 cells' have been presented. According to recent research from Mexico, "Obesity and type 2 diabetes course with chronic low-grade inflammation, where adiponectin is down-regulated and pro-inflammatory markers, like interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and C-reactive protein (CRP), are up-regulated. A treatment option to improve the micro-and macro-complications in type 2 diabetes is the use of glycine, which has been demonstrated previously to increase the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in monocytes and down-regulate the expression of...

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