Postprandial GLP-2 Levels Are Increased After Biliopancreatic Diversion in Diabetic Individuals with Class I Obesity: a Prospective Study.

Everton CazzoJosé Carlos ParejaBruno GelonezeElinton Adami ChaimMaria Rita Lazzarini BarretoDaniéla Oliveira Magro

Published in: Obesity surgery (2018)

Our findings have confirmed that there is a significant increase in GLP-2 levels after BPD in humans. GLP-2 plays a number of roles which may be adaptive, compensatory, and beneficial in the context of BPD. The clinical implications of this finding remain to be completely understood.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
roux en y gastric bypass
blood glucose
weight gain
adipose tissue
minimally invasive
skeletal muscle