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ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2017

The influence of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase and catechol

Tomislav Bozek, Antonela Blazekovic, Matea Nikolac Perkovic, Kristina Gotovac Jercic, Aleksandra Sustar, Lea Smircic-Duvnjak, Tiago F Outeiro, Nela Pivac, Fran Borovecki

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Article in Diabetology & metabolic syndrome, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomislav BozekVuk Vrhovac University Clinic, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Antonela BlazekovicDepartment for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-3669-7941
Matea Nikolac PerkovicDivision of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
Kristina Gotovac JercicDepartment for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
Aleksandra SustarDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
Lea Smircic-DuvnjakVuk Vrhovac University Clinic, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
Tiago F OuteiroDepartment of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain (CNMPB), Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Nela Pivac *Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
Fran Borovecki *Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
University of Zagreb · HRKlinička bolnica Merkur · HRRuđer Bošković Institute · HRUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEUniversity of Rijeka · HR

Funding

Parkinson's UK K-1206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundType II diabetes is an important health problem with a complex connection to obesity, leading to a broad range of cardiovascular complications. Insulin therapy often results in weight gain and does not always ensure adequate glycemic control. However, previous studies reported that insulin detemir is an efficient long-acting insulin with a weight sparing effect. The aim of this study was to determine the association of catechol

resultsOur results confirmed that insulin detemir did not lead to weight gain. The most significant finding was that A carriers (the combined AG and AA genotype) of the COMT Val108/158Met achieved significantly better hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values compared to patients carrying GG genotype. No association between DBH-1021C/T genotypes and weight and/or glucose control was detected in diabetes patients or in healthy control subjects.

conclusionsThis study showed that the presence of one or two A allele of the COMT Val108/158Met was associated with improved glycemic response, and with a better response to insulin detemir therapy in patients with type II diabetes, separating them as best candidates for detemir therapy.

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BMICOMT Val108/158Met polymorphismDBH-1021C/T polymorphismHemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Insulin detemirType 2 diabetes mellitus

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PMID29225702
PMCPMC5716004
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