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- Title
Structural biology of insulin and IGF1 receptors: implications for drug design.
- Authors
De Meyts, Pierre; Whittaker, Jonathan
- Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus — in which the body produces insufficient amounts of insulin or the insulin that is produced does not function properly to control blood glucose — is an increasingly common disorder. Prospective clinical studies have proven the benefits of tighter glucose control in reducing the frequency and severity of complications of the disease, leading to the advocation of earlier and more aggressive use of insulin therapy. Given the reluctance of patients with type 2 diabetes to inject themselves with insulin, orally active insulin mimetics would be a major therapeutic advance. Here, we discuss recent progress in understanding the structure–function relationships of the insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) receptors, their mechanism of activation and their implications for the design of insulin-receptor agonists for diabetes therapy and IGF1-receptor antagonists for cancer therapy.
- Subjects
INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN; RECEPTOR-ligand complexes
- Publication
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2002, Vol 1, Issue 10, p769
- ISSN
1474-1776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrd917