Glucagon-like peptide-2 reduces the obesity-associated inflammation in the brain.

In conclusion, the results of the present study suggest that GLP-2 stable analogue improves the obesity-associated neuroinflammation and the central stress conditions, it reduces the neuronal apoptotic death, providing evidence for a neuroprotective role of the peptide. PMID: 30347266 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347266?dopt=Abstract

Source: Neurobiology of Disease - October 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Nuzzo D, Baldassano S, Amato A, Picone P, Galizzi G, Caldara GF, Di Carlo M, Mulè F Tags: Neurobiol Dis Source Type: research