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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Adipocentric Strategy for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Juan J Gorgojo-Martínez

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Juan J Gorgojo-MartínezDepartment of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, C/Budapest 1, 28922 Alcorcón, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8679-0968

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Abstract

The global prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) has risen in parallel over recent decades. Most individuals diagnosed with T2D exhibit adiposopathy-related diabetes (ARD), a condition characterized by hyperglycemia accompanied by three core features: increased ectopic and visceral fat deposition, dysregulated adipokine secretion favoring a pro-inflammatory state, and insulin resistance. Despite advancements in precision medicine, international guidelines for T2D continue to prioritize individualized therapeutic approaches focused on glycemic control and complications, and many healthcare providers predominantly maintain a glucocentric strategy. This review advocates for an adipocentric treatment paradigm for most individuals with T2D, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing weight loss and visceral fat reduction as key drivers of therapeutic intensification. By combining lifestyle modifications with pharmacological agents that promote weight loss-including SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, or dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists-and, when appropriate, metabolic surgery, this approach offers the potential for disease remission in patients with shorter disease duration. For others, it enables superior metabolic control compared to traditional glucose-centered strategies while simultaneously delivering cardiovascular and renal benefits. In conclusion, an adipocentric treatment framework for ARD, which represents the majority of T2D cases, effectively integrates glucocentric and cardio-nephrocentric goals. This approach constitutes the optimal strategy for ARD due to its efficacy in achieving disease remission, improving metabolic control, addressing obesity-related comorbidities, and reducing cardiovascular and renal morbidity and mortality.

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adipocentric strategyadiposopathy-related diabetesGLP-1 receptor agonistmetabolic surgerySGLT-2 inhibitortirzepatide

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PMID39941348
PMCPMC11818433

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