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. 2021 Aug 25;10(9):1342. doi: 10.3390/antiox10091342

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Beneficial and deleterious consequences of the pharmacological inhibition of IDE. A beneficial consequence of the inhibition of IDE is increased levels of insulin, leading to an improvement in glucose tolerance. Deleterious consequences include increased levels of Aβ42 and IAPP, leading to the formation of cytotoxic assemblies in the brain and pancreas, respectively.