Meanings
nounbetatrophin (uncountable)
- uncountableA particular protein with possible future applications in treating diabetes.
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.
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, volume 10, →DOI
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