Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has been shown to have an impact on CKD (Jones et al., 2015)
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These regions are believed to be involved in many of the non-enzymatic functions of DPP-4, interacting with other proteins, such as adenosine deaminase, caveolin-1, streptokinase and plasminogen, and with components of the extracellular matrix (collagen, fibronectin), as well as functioning as binding sites for the chemokine CXCR4 receptor, the T-cell differentiation antigen, CD45, and the sodium-hydrogen exchanger-3, among others ( Table 1 The proline-specific peptidases
Even though collagen is pure protein, those extra scoops still count toward your daily intake