Metformin: update on mechanisms of action and repurposing potential

M Foretz, B Guigas, B Viollet - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2023 - nature.com
Currently, metformin is the first-line medication to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in
most guidelines and is used daily by> 200 million patients. Surprisingly, the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin resistance: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

SH Lee, SY Park, CS Choi - Diabetes & metabolism journal, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
Insulin resistance is the pivotal pathogenic component of many metabolic diseases,
including type 2 diabetes mellitus, and is defined as a state of reduced responsiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose metformin targets the lysosomal AMPK pathway through PEN2

T Ma, X Tian, B Zhang, M Li, Y Wang, C Yang, J Wu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Metformin, the most prescribed antidiabetic medicine, has shown other benefits such as anti-
ageing and anticancer effects,,–. For clinical doses of metformin, AMP-activated protein …

GDF15: emerging biology and therapeutic applications for obesity and cardiometabolic disease

D Wang, EA Day, LK Townsend, D Djordjevic… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a member of the TGFβ superfamily
whose expression is increased in response to cellular stress and disease as well as by …

Diabetic vascular diseases: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Y Li, Y Liu, S Liu, M Gao, W Wang, K Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Vascular complications of diabetes pose a severe threat to human health. Prevention and
treatment protocols based on a single vascular complication are no longer suitable for the …

Targeting cancer-promoting inflammation—have anti-inflammatory therapies come of age?

J Hou, M Karin, B Sun - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
The immune system has crucial roles in cancer development and treatment. Whereas
adaptive immunity can prevent or constrain cancer through immunosurveillance, innate …

Tumor Selective Metabolic Reprogramming as a Prospective PD‐L1 Depression Strategy to Reactivate Immunotherapy

Y Liu, Z Zhou, J Hou, W Xiong, H Kim… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, the role of the lysosome, endoplasmic reticulum, or dictyosome in the transcription
and translation of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) is well revealed, but the role and …

GDF15 mediates the effects of metformin on body weight and energy balance

AP Coll, M Chen, P Taskar, D Rimmington, S Patel… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Metformin, the world's most prescribed anti-diabetic drug, is also effective in preventing type
2 diabetes in people at high risk,. More than 60% of this effect is attributable to the ability of …

DrugMAP: molecular atlas and pharma-information of all drugs

F Li, J Yin, M Lu, M Mou, Z Li, Z Zeng, Y Tan… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The efficacy and safety of drugs are widely known to be determined by their interactions with
multiple molecules of pharmacological importance, and it is therefore essential to …

The molecular mechanisms of copper metabolism and its roles in human diseases

J Chen, Y Jiang, H Shi, Y Peng, X Fan, C Li - Pflügers Archiv-European …, 2020 - Springer
Copper is an essential element in cells; it can act as either a recipient or a donor of
electrons, participating in various reactions. However, an excess of copper ions in cells is …