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ReviewCureus2023

Assessment of Uncarboxylated Osteocalcin Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Taghreed M Alamri, Fahad A Alhumaydhi, Afshan Z Wasti

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Taghreed M AlamriMedical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim, SAU.
Fahad A AlhumaydhiMedical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim, SAU.
Afshan Z WastiMedical Laboratories, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim, SAU.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteocalcin is one of the main organic components of the bone matrix and consists of 49 amino acids excreted from osteoblastic cells in carboxylated and uncarboxylated forms. Carboxylated Osteocalcin belongs to the bone matrix, whereas uncarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) is an important enzyme of osteocalcin in the circulatory system. It is an essential protein for balancing the minerals in bones, binding with calcium, and regulating body glucose levels. In this review, we point out the assessment of ucOC levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The experimental results that show ucOC controls glucose metabolism are significant because they relate to the current obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. To confirm that, low serum levels of ucOC were a risk factor for poor glucose metabolism, and further clinical studies are required.

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carboxylated osteocalcinglucose metabolismosteocalcintype 2 diabetes mellitusuncarboxylated osteocalcin

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PMID36846642
PMCPMC9945018

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