[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 …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the evidence that metformin is a putative anti-aging drug that enhances healthspan and extends lifespan

I Mohammed, MD Hollenberg, H Ding… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The numerous beneficial health outcomes associated with the use of metformin to treat
patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), together with data from pre-clinical studies in animals …

Can metformin exert as an active drug on endothelial dysfunction in diabetic subjects?

T Salvatore, PC Pafundi, R Galiero, L Rinaldi… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular mortality is a major cause of death among in type 2 diabetes (T2DM).
Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is a well-known important risk factor for the development of …

Actions of metformin and statins on lipid and glucose metabolism and possible benefit of combination therapy

MF Van Stee, AA de Graaf, AK Groen - Cardiovascular diabetology, 2018 - Springer
Patients with diabetes type 2 have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and
commonly use combination therapy consisting of the anti-diabetic drug metformin and a …

The role of AMPK-dependent pathways in cellular and molecular mechanisms of metformin: a new perspective for treatment and prevention of diseases

A Hasanvand - Inflammopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
Metformin can suppress gluconeogenesis and reduce blood sugar by activating adenosine
monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and inducing small heterodimer partner …

Metformin: An anti-diabetic drug to fight cancer

M Daugan, AD Wojcicki, B d'Hayer, V Boudy - Pharmacological research, 2016 - Elsevier
Since epidemiologic data have highlighted the positive effects of metformin to reduce cancer
incidence and mortality, many in vitro and in vivo studies as well as a large number of …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin and the heart: update on mechanisms of cardiovascular protection with special reference to comorbid type 2 diabetes and heart failure

G Schernthaner, K Brand, CJ Bailey - Metabolism, 2022 - Elsevier
Metformin has been in clinical use for the management of type 2 diabetes for more than 60
years and is supported by a vast database of clinical experience: this includes evidence for …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin treatment status and abdominal aortic aneurysm disease progression

N Fujimura, J Xiong, EB Kettler, H Xuan… - Journal of vascular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective In population-based studies performed on multiple continents during the past two
decades, diabetes mellitus has been negatively associated with the prevalence and …

A machine-generated view of the role of blood glucose levels in the severity of COVID-19

E Logette, C Lorin, C Favreau, E Oshurko… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
SARS-CoV-2 started spreading toward the end of 2019 causing COVID-19, a disease that
reached pandemic proportions among the human population within months. The reasons for …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and perspectives in the treatment of diabetes associated breast cancer

SM Samuel, E Varghese, S Varghese… - Cancer treatment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic disease worldwide and affects
all cross-sections of the society including children, women, youth and adults. Scientific …