In vitro metabolic and mitogenic signaling of insulin glargine and its metabolites.

BACKGROUND: Insulin glargine (Lantus) is a long-acting basal insulin analog that demonstrates effective day-long glycemic control and a lower incidence of hypoglycemia than NPH insulin. After subcutaneous injection insulin glargine is partly converted into the two main metabolites M1 ([Gly(A21)]insu...

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Main Authors: Mark R Sommerfeld, Günter Müller, Georg Tschank, Gerhard Seipke, Paul Habermann, Roland Kurrle, Norbert Tennagels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2832019?pdf=render