China’s Peking University have found a new potential drug target for improving the effectiveness of diabetes treatment. Bacteroides spp. microbial dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) from the gut microbiota is believed to be an important therapeutic target for the management of type 2 diabetes. Efforts are underway to seek methods to inhibit the enzyme activity of DPP4, which holds the potential to enhance the efficacy of existing medications and even discover new treatment approaches. The discovery is expected to have significant implications for further understanding the pathogenesis of diabetes and for enhancing the efficacy of related drug treatments,DPP4 can degrade the host’s glucagon and contribute to compromising glucose homeostasis and the researchers also found that the enrichment of the peptidase in the host’s body will significantly reduce the clinical efficacy of Sitagliptin, a commonly used diabetes treatment medication. What is your take on the new anti-diabetic drug ?