[HTML][HTML] Metformin: Is it a drug for all reasons and diseases?

CR Triggle, I Mohammed, K Bshesh, I Marei, K Ye… - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Metformin was first used to treat type 2 diabetes in the late 1950s and in 2022 remains the
first-choice drug used daily by approximately 150 million people. An accumulation of …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metformin action

TE LaMoia, GI Shulman - Endocrine reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Metformin is a first-line therapy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, due to its robust glucose-
lowering effects, well-established safety profile, and relatively low cost. While metformin has …

Trends in antidiabetic drug discovery: FDA approved drugs, new drugs in clinical trials and global sales

AD Dahlén, G Dashi, I Maslov, MM Attwood… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) continues to be a substantial medical problem due to its
increasing global prevalence and because chronic hyperglycemic states are closely linked …

Metformin and insulin resistance: a review of the underlying mechanisms behind changes in GLUT4-mediated glucose transport

R Herman, NA Kravos, M Jensterle, A Janež… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metformin is the most commonly used treatment to increase insulin sensitivity in insulin-
resistant (IR) conditions such as diabetes, prediabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, and …

From pre-diabetes to diabetes: diagnosis, treatments and translational research

RMM Khan, ZJY Chua, JC Tan, Y Yang, Z Liao, Y Zhao - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetes, a silent killer, is one of the most widely prevalent conditions of the present time.
According to the 2017 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) statistics, the global …

Sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a bidirectional relationship

J Mesinovic, A Zengin, B De Courten… - … syndrome and obesity …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The incidence and prevalence of metabolic and musculoskeletal diseases are increasing.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by insulin resistance, inflammation …

Heart failure in type 2 diabetes mellitus: impact of glucose-lowering agents, heart failure therapies, and novel therapeutic strategies

HC Kenny, ED Abel - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Patients with diabetes mellitus have> 2× the risk for developing heart failure (HF; HF with
reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction). Cardiovascular …

Metformin and systemic metabolism

L He - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Metformin can improve patients' hyperglycemia through significant suppression of hepatic
glucose production. However, up to 300 times higher concentrations of metformin …

Pancreatic regulation of glucose homeostasis

PV Röder, B Wu, Y Liu, W Han - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2016 - nature.com
In order to ensure normal body function, the human body is dependent on a tight control of
its blood glucose levels. This is accomplished by a highly sophisticated network of various …

Organic cation transporters in health and disease

H Koepsell - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
The organic cation transporters (OCTs) OCT1, OCT2, OCT3, novel OCT (OCTN) 1, OCTN2,
multidrug and toxin exclusion (MATE) 1, and MATE kidney-specific 2 are polyspecific …