Metformin: A prospective alternative for the treatment of chronic pain

GDC Baeza-Flores, CG Guzmán-Priego… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Metformin (biguanide) is a drug widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. This drug
has been used for 60 years as a highly effective antihyperglycemic agent. The search for the …

Mathematical model of blood glucose dynamics by emulating the pathophysiology of glucose metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus

NE López-Palau, JM Olais-Govea - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mathematical modelling has established itself as a theoretical tool to understand
fundamental aspects of a variety of medical-biological phenomena. The predictive power of …

Metformin impairs glutamine metabolism and autophagy in tumour cells

S Saladini, M Aventaggiato, F Barreca, E Morgante… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Metformin has been shown to inhibit glutaminase (GLS) activity and ammonia accumulation
thereby reducing the risk of hepatic encephalopathy in type 2 diabetic patients. Since tumour …

Therapeutic effect of the epidermal growth factor on diabetic foot ulcer and the underlying mechanisms

J Zhang, W Hu, Q Diao, Z Wang… - Experimental and …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
The present study aimed to explore the therapeutic effect and underlying mechanism of
epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the wound healing of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). A total of …

[HTML][HTML] Glucose-insulin mathematical model for the combined effect of medications and life style of type 2 diabetic patients

M Al Ahdab, J Leth, T Knudsen, P Vestergaard… - Biochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
The goal of this paper is to propose a new mathematical model for the combined effect of
different treatments and lifestyles on the glucose-insulin dynamics of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) …

Chemical imaging unveils mitochondria as the major site of medicinal biguanide accumulation within cells

L Wang, X Zeng, Y Li, W Hao, Z Yu, L Yao, Y Zhang… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Metformin (MET), a commonly prescribed medication for managing type 2 diabetes, has
demonstrated various beneficial effects beyond its primary anti-diabetic efficacy. However …

A feedback glucose control strategy for type II diabetes mellitus based on fuzzy logic

F Ekram, L Sun, O Vahidi, E Kwok… - The Canadian Journal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Most patients with severe Type II diabetes mellitus, characterised by both insulin resistance
and β‐cell failure, eventually require insulin therapy. According to the nonlinear dynamics of …

Limited sampling strategy for determining metformin area under the plasma concentration–time curve

AB Santoro, TB Stage, CJ Struchiner… - British journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim was to develop and validate limited sampling strategy (LSS) models to predict
the area under the plasma concentration–time curve (AUC) for metformin. Methods …

Dynamic modeling of glucose metabolism for the assessment of type II diabetes mellitus

O Vahidi - 2013 - open.library.ubc.ca
Diabetes mellitus is one of the deadliest diseases affecting millions of people worldwide.
Due to ethical issues, physiological restrictions and high expenses of human …

Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Analysis of Metformin using Different Models in Diabetic Rats

X Li, Y Chen, Z Zhao, W Lu, T Zhou - Drug Research, 2016 - thieme-connect.com
Backgroud and study aims: Metformin is believed to be the most widely used hypoglycemic
agent in the world. We aimed to investigate the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics …