Weight loss intervention in people with type 2 diabetes influences cancer-associated proteins (Diabetes medicines didn’t)

Medical Xpress / University of Bristol / eBioMedicine ^ | Jan. 30, 2024 | Caroline J. Bull et al

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A weight loss intervention in people with type 2 diabetes was found to alter levels of cancer-related proteins, according to the findings of a new University of Bristol-led study. The study is the first to show that weight loss in people recently diagnosed with diabetes can change the levels of cancer-related chemicals circulating in the blood.

According to Diabetes UK, over five million people in the UK live with diabetes and over 600 million people could be afflicted worldwide by 2045. Weight loss is now a key intervention, thanks to the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT), which found that a dietary weight loss program could put type 2 diabetes into remission.

Despite this positive development, individuals with type 2 diabetes face an increased risk of developing several types of cancer. Previous studies have found that having increased body weight alters the levels of circulating proteins with a known link to cancer. Motivated by these findings, researchers from Bristol Medical School collaborated with colleagues from the universities of Glasgow and Newcastle who led the DiRECT trial. They sought to evaluate whether the benefits of weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes also impacts their risk of developing cancer.

To investigate this, the team used data from 261 patients with type 2 diabetes who were enrolled in the DiRECT trial. The team analyzed their blood samples from before and after weight loss to find out whether proteins known to be related to cancer were altered by the weight loss intervention.

Nine cancer-related proteins in blood samples were found to be changed by the weight loss intervention compared with the control group who had received standard care for diabetes treatment.

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Diabetes medicines didn’t provide the benefit of weight loss.

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Excellent news!

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Changed how? Increased or decreased?

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Decreased cancer proteins.

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Thank you.

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