This title deciphers amylin's physiology and reveals previously unrecognized mechanisms fundamental to control body weight and fuel homeostasis. It also discusses therapeutic utility of amylin as the first new medicine to treat diabetes since insulin. It provides a current comprehensive treatment of amylin the hormone. It identifies the majority of amylin's physiologic functions.
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Introduction; Biological actions of amylin and amylinomimetics; Therapeutic uses of amylinomimetic drugs
