[HTML][HTML] GLP-1 receptor agonists: beyond their pancreatic effects

X Zhao, M Wang, Z Wen, Z Lu, L Cui, C Fu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glucagon like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin secretory molecule. GLP-1 receptor agonists
(GLP-1RAs) are widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) due to their …

Insulin resistance and Parkinson's disease: a new target for disease modification?

D Athauda, T Foltynie - Progress in neurobiology, 2016 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that patients with Type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of
developing Parkinson's disease and share similar dysregulated pathways suggesting …

[HTML][HTML] The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP) receptor as a therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease: mechanisms of action

D Athauda, T Foltynie - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•GLP-1 analogs can cross the blood–brain barrier and stimulate the GLP-1
receptor in the brain.•Stimulation of the GLP-1 receptor has shown effects on mitochondrial …

Targeting ROS-dependent AKT/GSK-3β/NF-κB and DJ-1/Nrf2 pathways by dapagliflozin attenuates neuronal injury and motor dysfunction in rotenone-induced …

HH Arab, MM Safar, NN Shahin - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2021 - ACS Publications
Dapagliflozin, a selective sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has emerged
as a promising neuroprotective agent in murine models of epilepsy and obesity-induced …

Microglial phenotypes in Parkinson's disease and animal models of the disease

V Joers, MG Tansey, G Mulas, AR Carta - Progress in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last decade the important concept has emerged that microglia, similar to other
tissue macrophages, assume different phenotypes and serve several effector functions …

DPP-4 inhibitors and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Parkinson's disease: a mutual relationship

M Alrouji, HM Al-Kuraishy, AK Al-Buhadily… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) usually occurs due to the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons
in the substantia nigra (SN). Management of PD is restricted to symptomatic improvement …

Incretin-based drugs as potential therapy for neurodegenerative diseases: current status and perspectives

F Ferrari, A Moretti, RF Villa - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the most frequent
neurodegenerative disorders. Despite their pathophysiological and clinical differences, they …

Risk of Parkinson disease in diabetes mellitus: an updated meta-analysis of population-based cohort studies

X Yue, H Li, H Yan, P Zhang, L Chang, T Li - Medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Previous meta-analysis has identified the associations between diabetes mellitus (DM) and
the risk of Parkinson disease (PD). However, the results are still debatable. The purpose of …

Type 2 diabetes and Parkinson's disease: a focused review of current concepts

PW Cullinane, E de Pablo Fernandez… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highly reproducible epidemiological evidence shows that type 2 diabetes (T2D) increases
the risk and rate of progression of Parkinson's disease (PD), and crucially, the repurposing …

[HTML][HTML] Vildagliptin attenuates Huntington's disease through activation of GLP-1 receptor/PI3K/Akt/BDNF pathway in 3-nitropropionic acid rat model

NH Sayed, N Fathy, MA Kortam, MA Rabie… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vildagliptin (Vilda), a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, has been highlighted as a
promising therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's …