Eli Lilly & Co. has synthesized macrocyclic peptides acting as amylin receptor agonists, glucose- and/or triglyceride-lowering agents reported to be useful for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
Researchers from the University of Coimbra presented data from a study that aimed to assess the role of the ghrelin/neuropeptide Y (NPY) system in adipose tissue in subjects with obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Cell death induced by hypoxia is quite a common problem during pancreatic islet transplantation and is caused by insufficient revascularization of the grafts. It has been reported that the loss of NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) in pancreatic islet cells protects them from hypoxia-induced cell death, so it was hypothesized that blockade of NLRP3 would improve pancreatic islet transplantation.
Researchers from the University of Zurich presented data from a study that aimed to investigate the impact of liver-specific apoptosis signal regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) overexpression on the development of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity and impaired glucose metabolism.
Deciduous Therapeutics Inc. has disclosed compounds with the ability to activate invariant natural killer T cells (iNKT) and that are reported to be useful for the treatment of obesity.
Wave Life Sciences Ltd. has highlighted progress with WVE-006, its preclinical Aimer (A-to-I RNA base editing) oligonucleotide candidate for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD).
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) is a bile acid-activated receptor and in the gut it is mainly expressed in the ileum, promoting transcription of fibroblast growth factor-19 (FGF-19), a hormone with positive effects on energetic and glucose homeostasis.
Researchers from University College Dublin and affiliated organizations presented data from a study that aimed to assess the role of α-melanocyte-stimulatory hormone (α-MSH) in diabetes.
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