Progress in betatrophin research
10.16571/j.cnki.1008-8199.2018.03.020
- VernacularTitle:Betatrophin研究进展
- Author:
Miao SUI
1
Author Information
1. 南京中医药大学第三临床医学院
- Keywords:
betatrophin;
islet β cell;
lipid metabolism
- From:
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
2018;31(3):318-322
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Betatrophin is a new kind of secretory glycoprotein,which belongs to the angiopoietin like protein family.It ex-pressed in liver and adipose tissue,and their expression level are affected by age,gender and thyroid hormone. The active mechanism of Betatrophin mechanism is still unclear. It plays an important role in the islet beta cell proliferation and in the lipid metabolism. In this paper,we mainly focus on the structure of betatrophin and the related research on blood glucose and lipid,metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver in recent years.
