[HTML][HTML] Metformin in aging and aging-related diseases: clinical applications and relevant mechanisms

S Chen, D Gan, S Lin, Y Zhong, M Chen, X Zou… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aging is a natural process, which plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of a variety of
diseases, ie, aging-related diseases, such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer disease …

Metformin and systemic metabolism

L He - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Metformin can improve patients' hyperglycemia through significant suppression of hepatic
glucose production. However, up to 300 times higher concentrations of metformin …

Organic cation transporters in health and disease

H Koepsell, LC Daws - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The organic cation transporters (OCTs) OCT1, OCT2, OCT3, novel OCT (OCTN) 1, OCTN2,
multidrug and toxin exclusion (MATE) 1, and MATE kidney-specific 2 are polyspecific …

Environment dictates dependence on mitochondrial complex I for NAD+ and aspartate production and determines cancer cell sensitivity to metformin

DY Gui, LB Sullivan, A Luengo, AM Hosios, LN Bush… - Cell metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Metformin use is associated with reduced cancer mortality, but how metformin impacts
cancer outcomes is controversial. Although metformin can act on cells autonomously to …

Structural basis of organic cation transporter-3 inhibition

B Khanppnavar, J Maier, F Herborg, R Gradisch… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Organic cation transporters (OCTs) facilitate the translocation of catecholamines, drugs and
xenobiotics across the plasma membrane in various tissues throughout the human body …

Metabolic action of metformin

I Szymczak-Pajor, S Wenclewska, A Śliwińska - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metformin, a cheap and safe biguanide derivative, due to its ability to influence metabolism,
is widely used as a first-line drug for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) treatment. Therefore, the aim of …

The role of histamine in the pathophysiology of asthma and the clinical efficacy of antihistamines in asthma therapy

K Yamauchi, M Ogasawara - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mast cells play a critical role in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. Histamine is a central
mediator released from mast cells through allergic reactions. Histamine plays a role in …

Metformin as an anti-cancer agent: actions and mechanisms targeting cancer stem cells

N Saini, X Yang - Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Metformin, a first line medication for type II diabetes, initially entered the spotlight as a
promising anti-cancer agent due to epidemiologic reports that found reduced cancer risk …

Genetics insights in the relationship between type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease

MO Goodarzi, JI Rotter - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). The major form of
diabetes mellitus is type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), which is thus largely responsible for the …

Transporters involved in metformin pharmacokinetics and treatment response

X Liang, KM Giacomini - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Metformin, widely used as first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, exists primarily as a
hydrophilic cation at physiological pHs. As such, membrane transporters play a substantial …