Metformin and breast cancer: molecular targets

J Faria, G Negalha, A Azevedo, F Martel - Journal of mammary gland …, 2019 - Springer
Metformin has been the first-line drug for the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus for
decades, being presently the most widely prescribed antihyperglycemic drug. Retrospective …

HNF4α is a therapeutic target that links AMPK to WNT signalling in early-stage gastric cancer

HR Chang, S Nam, MC Kook, KT Kim, X Liu, H Yao… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Background Worldwide, gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common malignancy and the
most common cancer in East Asia. Development of targeted therapies for this disease has …

Metformin use and gynecological cancers: a novel treatment option emerging from drug repositioning

A Gadducci, N Biglia, R Tana, S Cosio… - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Metformin exerts antitumor effects mainly through AMP-activated protein kinase [AMPK]
activation and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase [PI3K]-Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin …

Anti-diabetic medications and risk of pancreatic cancer in patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Singh, PP Singh, AG Singh, HM Murad… - Official journal of the …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Several preclinical and observational studies have shown that anti-diabetic
medications (ADMs) may modify the risk of pancreatic cancer (PaC). We performed a …

Adult stem cells and diseases of aging

LB Boyette, RS Tuan - Journal of clinical medicine, 2014 - mdpi.com
Preservation of adult stem cells pools is critical for maintaining tissue homeostasis into old
age. Exhaustion of adult stem cell pools as a result of deranged metabolic signaling …

[PDF][PDF] TIM-4 glycoprotein-mediated degradation of dying tumor cells by autophagy leads to reduced antigen presentation and increased immune tolerance

M Baghdadi, A Yoneda, T Yamashina, H Nagao… - Immunity, 2013 - cell.com
Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by myeloid cells has been implicated in the maintenance of
immune homeostasis. In this study, we found that T cell immunoglobulin-and mucin domain …

Diabetes mellitus and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

X Li, X Wang, P Gao - BioMed research international, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is two to three times higher in patients
with diabetes mellitus (DM), the prevalence of which is increasing sharply worldwide. The …

Systematic review with network meta-analysis: antidiabetic medication and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma

YY Zhou, GQ Zhu, T Liu, JN Zheng, Z Cheng, TT Zou… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Antidiabetic medication may modify the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We
aimed to compare the use of different antidiabetic strategies and the incidence of HCC …

The association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and women cancer: the epidemiological evidences and putative mechanisms

KH Joung, JW Jeong, BJ Ku - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a chronic disease increasing rapidly worldwide, is well
established as an important risk factor for various types of cancer. Although many factors …

MicroRNAs in ovarian carcinomas

N Dahiya, PJ Morin - Endocrine-related cancer, 2010 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The new incretin-based therapies, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors and glucagon
like peptide 1 (GLP1) receptor agonists are widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes …