A story of metformin-butyrate synergism to control various pathological conditions as a consequence of gut microbiome modification: Genesis of a wonder drug?

K Maniar, A Moideen, A Mittal, A Patil… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The most widely prescribed oral anti-diabetic agent today in the world today is a member of
the biguanide class of drugs called metformin. Apart from its use in diabetes, it is currently …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-tuberculous effects of statin therapy: a review of literature

F Tahir, TB Arif, J Ahmed, SR Shah, M Khalid - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. TB). It is
transmitted through respiratory droplets. Increased cholesterol level is a predisposing factor …

Diabetes mellitus is associated with cavities, smear grade, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Georgia

MJ Magee, RR Kempker, M Kipiani… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: National tuberculosis (TB) treatment facility in the country of Georgia. OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and pre-DM among patients with TB …

Socio-demographic and clinical differences in subjects with tuberculosis with and without diabetes mellitus in Brazil–a multivariate analysis

B Reis-Santos, R Locatelli, BL Horta, E Faerstein… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Several studies have evaluated the relationship between diabetes mellitus
(DM) and tuberculosis (TB), but the nature of this relationship is not fully understood. TB …

Diabetes mellitus and risk of all-cause mortality among patients with tuberculosis in the state of Georgia, 2009–2012

MJ Magee, M Foote, DM Maggio, PP Howards… - Annals of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To estimate the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and all-cause mortality
during tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Methods From 2009 to 2012, a retrospective cohort study …

Meta-analysis of the prevalence of tuberculosis in diabetic patients and its association with cigarette smoking in African and Asian countries

F Wagnew, S Eshetie, A Alebel, G Dessie, C Tesema… - BMC research …, 2018 - Springer
Objective This systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to estimate the
prevalence of tuberculosis in diabetic patients and to determine the effect of cigarette …

Statin, calcium channel blocker and Beta blocker therapy may decrease the incidence of tuberculosis infection in elderly Taiwanese patients with type 2 diabetes

MY Lee, KD Lin, WH Hsu, HL Chang, YH Yang… - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Background: It is well known that diabetes mellitus impairs immunity and therefore is an
independent risk factor for tuberculosis. However, the influence of associated metabolic …

[PDF][PDF] Type 2 diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for tuberculosis

G García-Elorriaga, G Del Rey-Pineda - J Mycobac Dis, 2014 - researchgate.net
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Tuberculosis Page 1 Research Article Open
Access García-Elorriaga and Del Rey-Pineda, J Mycobac Dis 2014, 4:2 DOI: 10.4172/2161-1068.1000144 …

[PDF][PDF] Vitamin deficiency and tuberculosis: need for urgent clinical trial for management of tuberculosis

S Chakraborty, K Syal, R Bhattacharyya… - J Nutr Health Food …, 2014 - academia.edu
The scenario of tuberculosis is getting complicated due to the emergence of multiple drug
resistant and extensively drug resistant strains. The advent of BCG vaccination is …

Statin therapy may prevent development of tuberculosis in diabetic state

D Banerjee, R Bhattacharyya - Medical hypotheses, 2014 - Elsevier
Host cholesterol is widely getting recognized as an important factor in the pathogenesis of
tuberculosis in multiple ways. Therefore it is logically expected that cholesterol reduction by …