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 …

The role of platelets in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

M Scherlinger, C Richez, GC Tsokos… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are characterized by excessive and
uncontrolled inflammation and thrombosis, both of which are responsible for organ damage …

Metformin as an anti-inflammatory agent: a short review

R Kristófi, JW Eriksson - Journal of Endocrinology, 2021 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Metformin is a biguanide drug widely used as the initial treatment of type 2 diabetes. Despite
its widespread use, its precise mechanisms of action remain incompletely characterised. Its …

CD4+ T-cell differentiation and function: Unifying glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation, polyamines NAD mitochondria

L Almeida, A Dhillon-LaBrooy, G Carriche… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The progression through different steps of T-cell development, activation, and effector
function is tightly bound to specific cellular metabolic processes. Previous studies …

Phosphofructokinase P fine-tunes T regulatory cell metabolism, function, and stability in systemic autoimmunity

M Scherlinger, W Pan, R Hisada, A Boulougoura… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by defective
regulatory T (Treg) cells. Here, we demonstrate that a T cell–specific deletion of …

The Th17/IL-17 axis and kidney diseases, with focus on lupus nephritis

FC Paquissi, H Abensur - Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease characterized by dysregulation and
hyperreactivity of the immune response at various levels, including hyperactivation of …

B cell metabolism and autophagy in autoimmunity

IGA Raza, AJ Clarke - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
B cells are central to the pathogenesis of multiple autoimmune diseases, through antigen
presentation, cytokine secretion, and the production of autoantibodies. During development …

Cardiovascular disease risk and pathogenesis in systemic lupus erythematosus

CB Oliveira, MJ Kaplan - Seminars in immunopathology, 2022 - Springer
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often features extensive cardiovascular (CV)
comorbidity and patients with SLE are at significantly increased risk of CV event occurrence …

Safety and efficacy of the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a phase I/II trial

H Wang, T Li, F Sun, Z Liu, D Zhang, X Teng… - RMD open, 2022 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objective Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have been identified profound
renal/cardiac protective effects in different diseases. Here, we assessed the safety and …

Metabolomic approaches to investigate the effect of metformin: an overview

HW Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metformin is the first-line antidiabetic drug that is widely used in the treatment of type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Even though the various therapeutic potential of metformin …