Antidiabetics

Known as: agents antidiabetic, Antidiabetic Drugs, antidiabetic drug 
Any substance used to reduce hyperglycemia or treat disorders associated with diabetes. Based on their mechanism of action, this class of agents can… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Clinical Review of Antidiabetic Drugs: Implications for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Management
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global pandemic, as evident from the global cartographic picture of diabetes by the… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance and hepatitis C virus infection: A contemporary review
AIM To summarise the literature data on hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients concerning the prevalence of glucose… (More)
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Metabolic endotoxemia and diabetes mellitus: A systematic review.
In this systematic review we analyzed studies that assessed serum concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Antidiabetic therapies affect risk of pancreatic cancer.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Antidiabetic drugs have been found to have various effects on cancer in experimental systems and in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The antidiabetic drug metformin exerts an antitumoral effect in vitro and in vivo through a decrease of cyclin D1 level
Metformin is a widely used antidiabetic agent, which regulates glucose homeostasis through inhibition of liver glucose production… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Systemic treatment with the antidiabetic drug metformin selectively impairs p53-deficient tumor cell growth.
The effect of the antidiabetic drug metformin on tumor growth was investigated using the paired isogenic colon cancer cell lines… (More)
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Oral antidiabetic agents: current role in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive and complex disorder that is difficult to treat effectively in the long term. The… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Induction of adiponectin, a fat-derived antidiabetic and antiatherogenic factor, by nuclear receptors.
Adiponectin is a fat-derived hormone with antidiabetic and antiatherogenic properties. Hypoadiponectinemia seen in obesity is… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase
Adiponectin (Ad) is a hormone secreted by adipocytes that regulates energy homeostasis and glucose and lipid metabolism. However… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
An antidiabetic thiazolidinedione is a high affinity ligand for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma).
Thiazolidinedione derivatives are antidiabetic agents that increase the insulin sensitivity of target tissues in animal models of… (More)
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