Mitochondria as an important target of metformin: The mechanism of action, toxic and side effects, and new therapeutic applications

J Feng, X Wang, X Ye, I Ares, B Lopez-Torres… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metformin is the oldest and most commonly used first-line antidiabetic drug because of its
good clinical efficacy, high safety, low cost and easy access. At the same time, in recent …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic reprogramming in cancer cells: emerging molecular mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches

C Navarro, Á Ortega, R Santeliz, B Garrido, M Chacín… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The constant changes in cancer cell bioenergetics are widely known as metabolic
reprogramming. Reprogramming is a process mediated by multiple factors, including …

Biguanides: Species with versatile therapeutic applications

D Kathuria, AD Raul, P Wanjari, PV Bharatam - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biguanides are compounds in which two guanidine moieties are fused to form a highly
conjugated system. Biguanides are highly basic and hence they are available as salts …

[HTML][HTML] Can blood-circulating factors unveil and delay your biological aging?

N Rybtsova, T Berezina, A Kagansky, S Rybtsov - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
According to the World Health Organization, the population of over 60 will double in the next
30 years in the developed countries, which will enforce a further raise of the retirement age …

An examination of whether diabetes control and treatments are associated with change in frailty index across 8 years: an ancillary exploratory study from the action for …

FR Simpson, JN Justice, SJ Pilla, SB Kritchevsky… - Diabetes …, 2023 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe cross-sectional and longitudinal
associations between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and strategies to control type 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced decline of lung diffusing capacity in COPD patients with diabetes and metformin treatment

K Kahnert, S Andreas, C Kellerer, JI Lutter, T Lucke… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We studied whether in patients with COPD the use of metformin for diabetes treatment was
linked to a pattern of lung function decline consistent with the hypothesis of anti-aging effects …

The function, mechanisms, and clinical applications of metformin: potential drug, unlimited potentials

J Liu, M Zhang, D Deng, X Zhu - Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2023 - Springer
Metformin has been used clinically for more than 60 years. As time goes by, more and more
miraculous effects of metformin beyond the clinic have been discovered and discussed. In …

Metformin ameliorates skeletal muscle atrophy in Grx1 KO mice by regulating intramuscular lipid accumulation and glucose utilization

Y Yang, Z Liao, Q Xiao - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle is the largest tissue in the body, and plays a remarkable role in energy and
metabolic homeostasis. Disorder in lipid metabolism and glucose utilization could impair the …

A novel combination of metformin and resveratrol alleviates hepatic steatosis by activating autophagy through the cAMP/AMPK/SIRT1 signaling pathway

H Afshari, S Noori, A Zarghi - Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent liver disorder that is associated with
the accumulation of triglycerides (TG) in hepatocytes. Resveratrol (RSV), as a natural …

We are all aging, and here's why

A Shinde, G Deore, KP Navsariwala… - Aging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Here, through this review, we aim to serve this purpose by first discussing the statistics and
aging demographics, including the life expectancy of the world and India, along with the …