betatrophin

English

Noun

betatrophin (uncountable)

1. A particular protein with possible future applications in treating diabetes.
   • 2015 August 6, Ting Gao et al., “Circulating Betatrophin Correlates with Triglycerides and Postprandial Glucose among Different Glucose Tolerance Statuses—A Case-Control Study”, in PLoS ONE‎^[1], volume 10, →DOI:

     However, we cannot reach conclusions on the role of betatrophin in glucose and lipid metabolism process based on the present results and further studies will still be needed.