Urinary sulphated glycosaminoglycans excretion in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with metformin

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Authors

Agnieszka Jura-Półtorak · Medical University of Silesia

Paweł Olczyk · Medical University of Silesia

Aleksandra Chałas-Lipka · Medical University of Silesia

Katarzyna Komosińska‐Vassev · Medical University of Silesia

Kornelia Kuźnik‐Trocha · Medical University of Silesia

Katarzyna Winsz‐Szczotka · Medical University of Silesia

Diana Ivanova

Abstract

The obtained results suggest that the six-month treatment with metformin in obese patients with T2DM has a regulating influence on the systemic changes in proteoglycans/glycosaminoglycans, resulting in a decrease in the urinary excretion of total GAGs, CS/DS and HS.

Topics & Keywords

Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Polysaccharides Composition and Applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volume 128, Issue 2, pp. 507-513

DOI: 10.1080/13813455.2019.1697889

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