Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Plasma levels of DPP4 activity and sDPP4 are dissociated from inflammation in mice and humans

  • Laurie L. Baggio,
  • Elodie M. Varin,
  • Jacqueline A. Koehler,
  • Xiemin Cao,
  • Yuliya Lokhnygina,
  • Susanna R. Stevens,
  • Rury R. Holman,
  • Daniel J. Drucker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17556-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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DPP4 inhibitors are used for the treatment of diabetes, but the impact of DPP4 activity and soluble DPP4 on development of diabetes-associated inflammation remains uncertain. Here the authors study whether DPP4 inhibition controls sDPP4 and inflammatory biomarkers, and demonstrate that DPP4 inhibition is dissociated from changes in inflammation in mice and humans.