Wenner, 2011
Interestingly, while viruses are very diverse and include both RNA and DNA carrying species in over 180 families, all of the VILPs discovered thus far are encoded by double-stranded DNA viruses belonging to the Iridoviridae family 23
However, caution should be taken when interpreting these results due to short follow-up periods (i.e., 1.11.4 years [18,19,20]), the possibility of confounding bias caused by the inclusion of advanced T2D cases (i.e., requiring intensive insulin therapy [18]), uncertain liver effects (e.g., incident NAFLD) of active comparators (i.e., DPP4is [19, 20] and insulin [18]), lack of dose-response analysis, and limited generalizability to other ethnic populations
This can reduce fat mass and improve body composition
Common side effects include nausea, fatigue, and mild dizziness
Phenotypic characteristics of GAD antibody-positive recently diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes in North America and Europe