Sökning: "incretin hormones"

Visar resultat 16 - 19 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden incretin hormones.

  1. 16. Trials of Diets for Treatment of Diabetes : A comparison of diets for treatment of type 2 diabetes, aspects on long and short term effects

    Författare :Hans Guldbrand; Fredrik Nyström; Carl Johan Östgren; Staffan Lindeberg; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dietary intervention; type 2 diabetes; low-carbohydrate diet; blood glucose; blood lipids; insulin; body mass index; quality of life; inflammation; cytokine;

    Sammanfattning : BackgroundType 2 diabetes is a common disease and the prevalence has increased in large parts of the world. In treatment of diabetes the type of diet is of great importance considering metabolic factors such as glucose level and blood lipids. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Mitigating neuroinflammation : new potential therapeutics and targets

    Författare :Elliot J. Glotfelty; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Neurodegenerative disorders, from chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) to more acute injuries such traumatic brain injury (TBI), present a particular challenge to public health as they lack treatments and have devastating consequences. Across the variety of central nervous system (CNS) diseases and injuries, inflammation is a hallmark and potential target for effective therapies. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Development of nuclear medicine methods for gastric and small bowel motility : effects of GLP-1 on gastric emptying

    Författare :Per Grybäck; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Gastric emptying; ghrelin; glucagon-like peptide-1; 99mTc-HIDA; obesity; radionuclide investigation; small bowel transit.;

    Sammanfattning : The diagnosis of functional disorders of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract requires techniques being both sufficiently sensitive to detect disturbances of the normal physiology and low-invasive enough not to interfere with the properties being studied. The purpose was to set up nuclear medicine methods for assessment of upper GI tract motility and study the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on gastric emptying. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Studies on incretins and cardiovascular function

    Författare :David Nathanson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a strong risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). A great many diabetic subjects suffer from congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition with a high concomitant mortality. So far, attempts aimed at reducing macrovascular complications in T2DM have been essentially futile. LÄS MER