Metformin: an old drug with new potential

J Hajjar, MA Habra, A Naing - Expert opinion on investigational …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Metformin is the most commonly prescribed antidiabetic oral agent. It has also been used off-
label for polycystic ovarian syndrome, steatohepatitis, and HIV-associated metabolic …

hCG-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress triggers apoptosis and reduces steroidogenic enzyme expression through activating transcription factor 6 in Leydig cells of …

SJ Park, TS Kim, CK Park, SH Lee… - Journal of …, 2013 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress generally occurs in secretory cell types. It has been
reported that Leydig cells, which produce testosterone in response to human chorionic …

Increased methylglyoxal formation with upregulation of renin angiotensin system in fructose fed Sprague Dawley rats

I Dhar, A Dhar, L Wu, KM Desai - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The current epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes is attributed to a high carbohydrate diet,
containing mainly high fructose corn syrup and sucrose. More than two thirds of diabetic …

[HTML][HTML] The bidirectional relationship between metabolism and immune responses

FM Raval, BS Nikolajczyk - Discoveries, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunometabolism investigates the multiple links between the immune system and
metabolism. One main focus of immunometabolism investigates how obesity impacts the …

Clinical relevance of target identity and biology: implications for drug discovery and development

AC Patel - Journal of biomolecular screening, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Many of the most commonly used drugs precede techniques for target identification and
drug specificity and were developed on the basis of efficacy and safety, an approach …

Regulation of hepatic glucose production by Gq-coupled receptors: potential new targets for treatment of type 2 diabetes

J Mitchell - 2013 - academic.oup.com
Gprotein coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest family of receptors in the human
genome with more than 700 members divided into 5 subfamilies based on similarities of …

[PDF][PDF] Pharmaceutical and Nano Sciences

GM Kumar, TK Kumar, NGJ Reddy - Group - ijrpns.com
Psychiatry disorders are creating its own place in morbidity now a days. Various factors like
cost of drugs, local paradigms, etc, plays a critical role for selecting the appropriate therapy …

Obesity and Breast Cancer The Role of

KA Brown, ER Simpson - Springer
Despite the decreased mortality rates attributable to breast cancer in women, the number of
cases diagnosed has steadily increased over the past 30 years. This is believed to be due …

[PDF][PDF] Upregulation of Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System (RAAS) by Methylglyoxal: Role in Hypertension

I Dhar - 2013 - harvest.usask.ca
In 2008 the global prevalence of hypertension [high blood pressure (BP), systolic≥ 140
mmHg and/or diastolic≥ 90 mmHg] was around 40% in adults> 25 yrs of age, according to …