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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2008

Exenatide as a treatment for diabetes and obesity: implications for cardiovascular risk reduction.

Derek D Mafong, Robert R Henry

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Using a Novel Ontology to Inform the Discovery of Therapeutic Peptides from Animal Venoms.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2016
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  12. Central control of body weight and appetite.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Derek D MafongUniversity of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA.
Robert R Henry
University of California, San Diego · USUniversity of California System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the challenges in improving outcomes in patients with diabetes is effectively implementing existing pharmacotherapies. However, current therapies for diabetes are often limited by adverse effects such as edema, hypoglycemia, and weight gain. Understanding the role of the incretin effect on the pathophysiology of diabetes has led to the development of new therapeutic agents. Exenatide is the first in a new class of agents termed "incretin mimetics," which replicate several glucoregulatory effects of the endogenous incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1. In clinical trials, patients with type 2 diabetes treated with exenatide demonstrate sustained improvements in glycemic control, with reductions in fasting and postprandial glucose levels and improvements in glycosylated hemoglobin levels. Improvements in glycemic control with exenatide are coupled with reductions in body weight. Lipid parameters, blood pressure, and C-reactive protein have been shown to improve favorably in patients treated with exenatide. The sustained glycemic improvements and progressive reduction in body weight with exenatide treatment support a shift toward a more favorable cardiovascular risk profile and may have a positive impact on decreasing the risk of associated long-term complications.

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ComorbidityC-Reactive ProteinDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetic AngiopathiesExenatideGlucagon-Like Peptide 1HumansHypoglycemic AgentsIncretinsInsulinObesityPeptidesProtein BindingRisk FactorsVenomsWeight LossC-Reactive ProteinExenatideGlucagon-Like Peptide 1Hypoglycemic AgentsIncretinsInsulinPeptidesVenoms

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PMID18366986
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