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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are chronic, progressive disorders affecting the elderly, which fosters global healthcare concern with the growing aging population. Both T2DM and AD have been linked with increasing...

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14 Citations
7,990 Views
12 Pages

Emerging Anti-Diabetic Drugs for Beta-Cell Protection in Type 1 Diabetes

  • Nida Ajmal,
  • Maislin C. Bogart,
  • Palwasha Khan,
  • Ibiagbani M. Max-Harry and
  • Craig S. Nunemaker

25 May 2023

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that damages beta cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans and results in hyperglycemia due to the loss of insulin. Exogenous insulin therapy can save lives but does not halt disease progress...

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Antipsychotic Drugs and Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Disproportionality Analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System

  • Nisrine Haddad,
  • Abdallah Alami,
  • Christopher A. Gravel,
  • Derek Tsui,
  • Yue Chen,
  • Franco Momoli,
  • Donald Mattison,
  • Nawal Farhat and
  • Daniel Krewski

Objectives: To evaluate reports of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) associated with antipsychotic drug (APD) use submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). Methods: A retrospective pharmacovigilance...

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20 Citations
9,004 Views
20 Pages

Unexploited Antineoplastic Effects of Commercially Available Anti-Diabetic Drugs

  • Panagiota Papanagnou,
  • Theodora Stivarou and
  • Maria Tsironi

The development of efficacious antitumor compounds with minimal toxicity is a hot research topic. Numerous cancer cell targeted agents are evaluated daily in laboratories for their antitumorigenicity at the pre-clinical level, but the process of thei...

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23 Citations
4,940 Views
26 Pages

Repositioning of Anti-Diabetic Drugs against Dementia: Insight from Molecular Perspectives to Clinical Trials

  • Keren Esther Kristina Mantik,
  • Sujin Kim,
  • Bonsang Gu,
  • Sohee Moon,
  • Hyo-Bum Kwak,
  • Dong-Ho Park and
  • Ju-Hee Kang

Insulin resistance as a hallmark of type 2 DM (T2DM) plays a role in dementia by promoting pathological lesions or enhancing the vulnerability of the brain. Numerous studies related to insulin/insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) signaling are linked...

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5 Citations
1,805 Views
15 Pages

12 October 2024

Due to the increased prevalence of diabetes, the consumption of anti-diabetic drugs for its treatment has likewise increased. Metformin is an anti-diabetic drug that is commonly prescribed for patients with type 2 diabetes and has been frequently det...

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11 Citations
3,949 Views
20 Pages

Novel Antidiabetic Drugs and the Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

  • Artur Małyszczak,
  • Joanna Przeździecka-Dołyk,
  • Urszula Szydełko-Paśko and
  • Marta Misiuk-Hojło

20 March 2024

Background: The aim of this study is to compare the effect of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i) on the risk of diabetic retin...

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3 Citations
4,831 Views
16 Pages

Treatment of Onychomycosis and the Drug–Drug Interactions in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Foot Syndrome: A Systematic Review

  • David Navarro-Pérez,
  • Aroa Tardáguila-García,
  • Sara García-Oreja,
  • Francisco Javier Álvaro-Afonso,
  • Mateo López-Moral and
  • José Luis Lázaro-Martínez

Background: This systematic review reports on treatments for onychomycosis in patients with diabetes and the drug interactions with other drugs in regard to the complicated diabetic patient profile. Methods: The recommendations in the preferred repor...

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6 Citations
7,092 Views
11 Pages

Serious Drug-Drug Interactions in the Prescriptions of Diabetic Patients

  • Veintramuthu Sankar,
  • Yousif Saaed,
  • Rinku Mary Joseph,
  • Hudson Azizi and
  • Pinky Mariyam Thomas

1 October 2015

A large number of drugs are introduced every year, and newer interactions between medications are increasingly reported. Clinically significant drug interactions can occur when two or more drugs are taken in combination. With the continuing increase...

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10 Citations
7,373 Views
29 Pages

Recent Advances in the Drugs and Glucose-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Diabetes: A Systematic Review

  • Junyu Liu,
  • Xudong Yi,
  • Jinrui Zhang,
  • Yiman Yao,
  • Pharkphoom Panichayupakaranant and
  • Haixia Chen

Diabetes is a common chronic metabolic disease. Different types of drugs play important roles in controlling diabetes and its complications, but there are some limitations. The glucose-responsive drug delivery system is a novel technology with potent...

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23 Citations
6,327 Views
18 Pages

The Influence of Anti-Diabetic Drugs on Prostate Cancer

  • Miłosz Knura,
  • Wojciech Garczorz,
  • Adam Borek,
  • Franciszek Drzymała,
  • Krystian Rachwał,
  • Kurian George and
  • Tomasz Francuz

12 April 2021

The incidences of prostate cancer (PC) and diabetes are increasing, with a sustained trend. The occurrence of PC and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is growing with aging. The correlation between PC occurrence and diabetes is noteworthy, as T2DM is c...

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46 Citations
10,602 Views
18 Pages

Exploring New Drug Targets for Type 2 Diabetes: Success, Challenges and Opportunities

  • Abhinav Kanwal,
  • Navjot Kanwar,
  • Sanjay Bharati,
  • Prateek Srivastava,
  • Shailendra P. Singh and
  • Salomon Amar

There are substantial shortcomings in the drugs currently available for treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The global diabetic crisis has not abated despite the introduction of new types of drugs and targets. Persistent unaddressed patient needs...

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6 Citations
2,647 Views
15 Pages

Single versus Double Coffee-Ring Effect Patterns in Thin-Layer Chromatography Coupled with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Anti-Diabetic Drugs Adulterated in Herbal Products

  • Dao Thi Cam Minh,
  • Le Thi Bao Tram,
  • Nguyen Hai Phong,
  • Hoang Thi Lan Huong,
  • Le Van Vu,
  • Le Anh Thi,
  • Nguyen Thi Kieu Anh and
  • Pham Thi Thanh Ha

18 July 2023

In thin-layer chromatography coupled with surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TLC-SERS), the coffee ring effect (CRE) describes the formation of a ring-shape spot (blank in the middle and darker on the edge) caused by the aggregation of silver nanop...

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11 Citations
9,407 Views
28 Pages

Diabetes-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: The Roles of DMARDs as Glucose-Lowering Agents

  • Marco Infante,
  • Nathalia Padilla,
  • Rodolfo Alejandro,
  • Massimiliano Caprio,
  • David Della-Morte,
  • Andrea Fabbri and
  • Camillo Ricordi

21 April 2022

Systemic inflammation represents a shared pathophysiological mechanism which underlies the frequent clinical associations among chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRDs), insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and chronic diabetes complicat...

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13 Citations
3,783 Views
16 Pages

Diabetes mellitus is a major healthcare problem. It is not only characterized by hyperglycemia and chronic complications, but in longer lasting diabetes and a longer living population, it is also associated with accelerated arterial ageing, which imp...

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77 Citations
14,609 Views
37 Pages

Pharmacogenetics of Anti-Diabetes Drugs

  • Johanna K. DiStefano and
  • Richard M. Watanabe

13 August 2010

A variety of treatment modalities exist for individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). In addition to dietary and physical activity interventions, T2D is also treated pharmacologically with nine major classes of approved drugs. These medication...

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3 Citations
3,428 Views
14 Pages

3 September 2021

Background: This study measures the use of drugs within the therapeutic areas of antithrombotic agents (B01), the cardiovascular system (C), analgesics (N02), psycholeptics (N05), and psychoanaleptics (N06) among the general population (GP) in compar...

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1 Citations
3,065 Views
24 Pages

Research Progress on Peptide Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes and the Possibility of Oral Administration

  • Xinxin Yang,
  • Ruiting Lin,
  • Changzhuo Feng,
  • Qiyuan Kang,
  • Peng Yu,
  • Yongzhi Deng and
  • Ye Jin

Diabetes is a global disease that can lead to a range of complications. Currently, the treatment of type 2 diabetes focuses on oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin analogues. Studies have shown that drugs such as oral metformin are useful in the treat...

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388 Citations
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20 Pages

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Review of Multi-Target Drugs

  • Angelica Artasensi,
  • Alessandro Pedretti,
  • Giulio Vistoli and
  • Laura Fumagalli

23 April 2020

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a multi-factorial chronic health condition that affects a large part of population and according to the World Health Organization (WHO) the number of adults living with diabetes is expected to increase. Since type 2 diabetes...

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14 Citations
5,037 Views
18 Pages

Drug Delivery Strategies for Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Toxin-Derived Anti-Diabetic Peptides

  • Reeju Amatya,
  • Taehoon Park,
  • Seungmi Hwang,
  • JaeWook Yang,
  • Yoonjin Lee,
  • Heesun Cheong,
  • Cheol Moon,
  • Hyun Duck Kwak,
  • Kyoung Ah Min and
  • Meong Cheol Shin

10 May 2020

Toxin peptides derived from the skin secretions of amphibians possess unique hypoglycemic activities. Many of these peptides share cationic and amphipathic structural similarities and appear to possess cell-penetrating abilities. The mechanism of the...

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90 Citations
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21 Pages

Glucose Oxidase-Based Glucose-Sensitive Drug Delivery for Diabetes Treatment

  • Li Zhao,
  • Liyan Wang,
  • Yuhan Zhang,
  • Shanshan Xiao,
  • Fei Bi,
  • Jianyu Zhao,
  • Guangqing Gai and
  • Jianxun Ding

29 June 2017

The glucose-sensitive drug delivery systems based on glucose oxidase (GOD), which exhibit highly promising applications in diabetes therapy, have attracted much more interest in recent years. The self-regulated drug delivery systems regulate drug rel...

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7 Citations
3,244 Views
24 Pages

Diverse Applications of the Anti-Diabetic Drug Metformin in Treating Human Disease

  • Chris-Tiann Roberts,
  • Nicole Raabe,
  • Lara Wiegand,
  • Ashraf Kadar Shahib and
  • Mojgan Rastegar

27 November 2024

Metformin is a commonly used drug for treating type 2 diabetes. Metformin is an inexpensive drug with low/no side effects and is well tolerated in human patients of different ages. Recent therapeutic strategies for human disease have considered the b...

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25 Citations
7,311 Views
22 Pages

11 December 2022

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins due to a deficiency of insulin secretion or failure to respond to insulin secreted from pancreatic cells, which leads to high blood glucose levels. DM is on...

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74 Citations
8,501 Views
14 Pages

Boronic Acid as Glucose-Sensitive Agent Regulates Drug Delivery for Diabetes Treatment

  • Li Zhao,
  • Qiongwei Huang,
  • Yangyang Liu,
  • Qing Wang,
  • Liyan Wang,
  • Shanshan Xiao,
  • Fei Bi and
  • Jianxun Ding

13 February 2017

In recent years, glucose-sensitive drug delivery systems have attracted considerable attention in the treatment of diabetes. These systems can regulate payload release by the changes of blood glucose levels continuously and automatically with potenti...

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23 Citations
9,008 Views
21 Pages

Novel Therapeutic Agents for Management of Diabetes Mellitus: A Hope for Drug Designing against Diabetes Mellitus

  • Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa,
  • Mehak Nazar,
  • Sofi Imtiyaz Ali,
  • Ibraq Khursheed,
  • Syed Taifa,
  • Muzafar Ahmad Mir,
  • Iqra Hussain Shah,
  • Masood Malik,
  • Zahid Ramzan and
  • Shubeena Ahad
  • + 10 authors

8 January 2024

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is characterized by an absolute decline in insulin secretion and peripheral resistance and is the most prevalent metabolic and endocrine disorder. However, the pathogenesis of DM also includes adipocyte insulin resistance, incr...

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10 Citations
4,795 Views
11 Pages

10 February 2021

Background: Clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most used drugs in Denmark for which there exists pharmacogenomics (PGx)-based dosing guidelines and FDA annotations. In this study, we further scrutinized the use of clopidogrel...

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29 Citations
11,106 Views
17 Pages

Recent Advances in Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery for Diabetes Mellitus Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

  • Mohammed Kawser Hossain,
  • Ahmed Abdal Dayem,
  • Jihae Han,
  • Subbroto Kumar Saha,
  • Gwang-Mo Yang,
  • Hye Yeon Choi and
  • Ssang-Goo Cho

19 February 2016

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a widespread metabolic disease with a progressive incidence of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite extensive research, treatment options for diabetic patients remains limited. Although significant challenges remain, i...

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18 Pages

Estimating Type 2 Diabetes Prevalence: A Model of Drug Consumption Data

  • Rita Oliveira,
  • Matilde Monteiro-Soares,
  • José Pedro Guerreiro,
  • Rúben Pereira and
  • António Teixeira-Rodrigues

22 January 2024

Observational, cross-sectional prevalence studies are costly and time-consuming. The development of indirect methods estimating prevalence used to obtain faster, less-expensive, and more robust results would be an advantage for several healthcare app...

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347 Citations
27,581 Views
17 Pages

The Treatment of Impaired Wound Healing in Diabetes: Looking among Old Drugs

  • Simona Federica Spampinato,
  • Grazia Ilaria Caruso,
  • Rocco De Pasquale,
  • Maria Angela Sortino and
  • Sara Merlo

Chronic wounds often occur in patients with diabetes mellitus due to the impairment of wound healing. This has negative consequences for both the patient and the medical system and considering the growing prevalence of diabetes, it will be a signific...

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11 Citations
4,376 Views
33 Pages

26 December 2020

In this study, we proposed a systems biology approach to investigate the pathogenic mechanism for identifying significant biomarkers as drug targets and a systematic drug discovery strategy to design a potential multiple-molecule targeting drug for t...

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37 Citations
11,430 Views
24 Pages

Coadjuvants in the Diabetic Complications: Nutraceuticals and Drugs with Pleiotropic Effects

  • Thiago Melo Costa Pereira,
  • Fabio Silva Pimenta,
  • Marcella Lima Porto,
  • Marcelo Perim Baldo,
  • Bianca Prandi Campagnaro,
  • Agata Lages Gava,
  • Silvana Santos Meyrelles and
  • Elisardo Corral Vasquez

Because diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifactorial metabolic disease, its prevention and treatment has been a constant challenge for basic and clinical investigators focused on translating their discoveries into clinical treatment of this complex dis...

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4 Citations
4,557 Views
24 Pages

Association Between Diabetes Mellitus–Tuberculosis and the Generation of Drug Resistance

  • Axhell Aleid Cornejo-Báez,
  • Roberto Zenteno-Cuevas and
  • Julieta Luna-Herrera

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains one of the leading infectious causes of death globally, with drug resistance presenting a significant challenge to control efforts. The interplay between type 2 diabetes mellitus...

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10 Citations
7,355 Views
14 Pages

Computational Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Altered Drug Responsiveness in Type 2 Diabetes

  • Valerio Costa,
  • Antonio Federico,
  • Carla Pollastro,
  • Carmela Ziviello,
  • Simona Cataldi,
  • Pietro Formisano and
  • Alfredo Ciccodicola

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the most frequent mortality causes in western countries, with rapidly increasing prevalence. Anti-diabetic drugs are the first therapeutic approach, although many patients develop drug resistance. Most drug responsiven...

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9 Pages

Transplant Prognosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Diabetes under Mycophenolic Acid-Focused Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

  • Eisuke Nakamura,
  • Tadashi Sofue,
  • Yasushi Kunisho,
  • Keisuke Onishi,
  • Kazunori Yamaguchi,
  • Emi Ibuki,
  • Rikiya Taoka,
  • Nobufumi Ueda,
  • Mikio Sugimoto and
  • Tetsuo Minamino

18 November 2021

Mycophenolate mofetil is a key immunosuppressant that is metabolized into mycophenolic acid (MPA). The prognostic impact of MPA-focused therapeutic drug monitoring on allograft prognosis has not been determined in kidney transplant recipients with di...

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15 Citations
3,876 Views
11 Pages

Effects of Drug-Free Pectin Hydrogel Films on Thermal Burn Wounds in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

  • Nur Nadhirah Nordin,
  • Nur Karimah Aziz,
  • Idanawati Naharudin and
  • Nor Khaizan Anuar

15 July 2022

This study aims to examine the influence of drug-free pectin hydrogel films on partial-thickness burn wounds using streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats as the animal model. Thirty male Sprague Dawley rats were included in the wound healing study, and...

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3 Citations
2,478 Views
14 Pages

Background: Diabetic patients (DPs) with foot ulcers can receive autologous cell therapy (ACT) as a last therapeutic option. Even DPs who have undergone organ transplantation and are using immunosuppressive (IS) drugs can be treated by ACT. The aim o...

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21 Citations
6,410 Views
20 Pages

Diabetes Drug Discovery: hIAPP1–37 Polymorphic Amyloid Structures as Novel Therapeutic Targets

  • Isaac Fernández-Gómez,
  • Marquiza Sablón-Carrazana,
  • Alberto Bencomo-Martínez,
  • Guadalupe Domínguez,
  • Reyna Lara-Martínez,
  • Nelly F. Altamirano-Bustamante,
  • Luis Felipe Jiménez-García,
  • Karina Pasten-Hidalgo,
  • Rosa Angélica Castillo-Rodríguez and
  • Perla Altamirano
  • + 7 authors

Human islet amyloid peptide (hIAPP1–37) aggregation is an early step in Diabetes Mellitus. We aimed to evaluate a family of pharmaco-chaperones to act as modulators that provide dynamic interventions and the multi-target capacity (native state, cytot...

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24 Pages

Pharmaco-Epigenetics and Epigenetic Drugs in Type 2 Diabetes: Can Epigenetics Predict Drug Efficiency?

  • Senzosenkosi Surprise Mkhize,
  • Anil Amichund Chuturgoon,
  • Terisha Ghazi and
  • Kgothatso Eugene Machaba

16 September 2025

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is increasingly affecting individuals across various age groups due to inadequate insulin action and secretion. It has become the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with an estimated 9.3% of the global population cu...

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22 Citations
4,407 Views
15 Pages

Glutathione Immobilized Polycaprolactone Nanofiber Mesh as a Dermal Drug Delivery Mechanism for Wound Healing in a Diabetic Patient

  • Morshed Khandaker,
  • Niyaf Alkadhem,
  • Helga Progri,
  • Sadegh Nikfarjam,
  • Jiyoon Jeon,
  • Hari Kotturi and
  • Melville B. Vaughan

4 March 2022

Glutathione (GSH) is an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant biomolecule. Polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofiber mesh (NFM) is capable of the attachment and release of biomolecules for prolonged periods and has the potential as a transdermal drug delivery sys...

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9 Citations
3,752 Views
20 Pages

Drug Repurposing of FDA Compounds against α-Glucosidase for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: Insights from Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

  • Rebwar Saeed M. Rashid,
  • Selin Temurlu,
  • Arwa Abourajab,
  • Pelin Karsili,
  • Meltem Dinleyici,
  • Basma Al-Khateeb and
  • Huriye Icil

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic health problem that can be controlled by slowing one’s carbohydrate metabolism by inhibiting α-glucosidase, an enzyme responsible for carbohydrate degradation. Currently, drugs for type 2 diabetes hav...

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237 Citations
27,558 Views
32 Pages

Pharmaceutical Drugs and Natural Therapeutic Products for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  • Jana Blahova,
  • Monika Martiniakova,
  • Martina Babikova,
  • Veronika Kovacova,
  • Vladimira Mondockova and
  • Radoslav Omelka

17 August 2021

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most widespread form of diabetes, characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia, insulin resistance, and inefficient insulin secretion and action. Primary care in T2DM is pharmacological, using drugs of several groups...

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3 Citations
2,771 Views
15 Pages

Impact of Insulin-Treated Compared to Non-Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus on Outcome of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Drug-Coated Balloons versus Drug-Eluting Stents in De Novo Coronary Artery Disease: The Randomized BASKET-SMALL 2 Trial

  • Julia Seeger,
  • Jochen Wöhrle,
  • Bruno Scheller,
  • Ahmed Farah,
  • Marc-Alexander Ohlow,
  • Norman Mangner,
  • Sven Möbius-Winkler,
  • Daniel Weilenmann,
  • Georg Stachel and
  • Gregor Leibundgut
  • + 6 authors

Background: We evaluated the outcome of PCI of de novo stenosis with drug-coated balloons (DCB) versus drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) versus non-insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (NITDM). Methods:...

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57 Citations
9,613 Views
16 Pages

Pentoxifylline for Renal Protection in Diabetic Kidney Disease. A Model of Old Drugs for New Horizons

  • Javier Donate-Correa,
  • Víctor G. Tagua,
  • Carla Ferri,
  • Ernesto Martín-Núñez,
  • Carolina Hernández-Carballo,
  • Pablo Ureña-Torres,
  • Marta Ruiz-Ortega,
  • Alberto Ortiz,
  • Carmen Mora-Fernández and
  • Juan F. Navarro-González

27 February 2019

Diabetic kidney disease is one of the most relevant complications in diabetes mellitus patients, which constitutes the main cause of end-stage renal disease in the western world. Delaying the progression of this pathology requires new strategies that...

  • Review
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5 Citations
4,927 Views
23 Pages

Hypoglycemic Drugs in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure: A Narrative Review

  • Anastasia Nikolaidou,
  • Ioannis Ventoulis,
  • Georgios Karakoulidis,
  • Vasileios Anastasiou,
  • Stylianos Daios,
  • Spyridon-Filippos Papadopoulos,
  • Matthaios Didagelos,
  • John Parissis,
  • Theodoros Karamitsos and
  • Kalliopi Kotsa
  • + 2 authors

Over the last few years, given the increase in the incidence and prevalence of both type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and heart failure (HF), it became crucial to develop guidelines for the optimal preventive and treatment strategies for individuals fa...

  • Review
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21 Citations
4,210 Views
22 Pages

Computational Methods in Cooperation with Experimental Approaches to Design Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes Drug Design: A Review of the Achievements of This Century

  • Mara Ibeth Campos-Almazán,
  • Alicia Hernández-Campos,
  • Rafael Castillo,
  • Erick Sierra-Campos,
  • Mónica Valdez-Solana,
  • Claudia Avitia-Domínguez and
  • Alfredo Téllez-Valencia

Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) dephosphorylates phosphotyrosine residues and is an important regulator of several signaling pathways, such as insulin, leptin, and the ErbB signaling network, among others. Therefore, this enzyme is considered...

  • Article
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6 Citations
2,550 Views
7 Pages

Clinical Outcome and Drug Expenses of Intravitreal Therapy for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Retrospective Study in Sardinia, Italy

  • Chiara Altana,
  • Matthew Gavino Donadu,
  • Stefano Dore,
  • Giacomo Boscia,
  • Gabriella Carmelita,
  • Stefania Zanetti,
  • Francesco Boscia and
  • Antonio Pinna

16 November 2021

Background: Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a leading cause of visual loss in working-age adults. The purpose of this retrospective study was to perform an epidemiological analysis on DME patients treated with intravitreal drugs in a tertiary hospita...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,600 Views
17 Pages

12 January 2023

Ethanolic extract obtained from Annona cherimola Miller (EEAc) and the flavonoid rutin (Rut) were evaluated in this study to determine their antihyperglycemic content, % HbA1c reduction, and antihyperlipidemic activities. Both treatments were evaluat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
4,853 Views
18 Pages

Repurposing Anti-diabetic Drugs to Cripple Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • Wael A. H. Hegazy,
  • Maan T. Khayat,
  • Tarek S. Ibrahim,
  • Majed S. Nassar,
  • Muhammed A. Bakhrebah,
  • Wesam H. Abdulaal,
  • Nabil A. Alhakamy and
  • Mahmoud M. Bendary

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a significant human pathogen, it possesses almost all of the known antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. Quorum sensing (QS) is an intercellular communication system that orchestrates bacterial virulence and its targeting is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,779 Views
10 Pages

The Role of Antihyperglycemic Drugs and Diet on Erectile Function: Results from a Perspective Study on a Population with Prediabetes and Diabetes

  • Giuseppe Defeudis,
  • Alfonso Maria Di Tommaso,
  • Claudia Di Rosa,
  • Danilo Cimadomo,
  • Yeganeh Manon Khazrai,
  • Antongiulio Faggiano,
  • Raffaele Ivan Cincione,
  • Nicola Napoli and
  • Rossella Mazzilli

13 June 2022

Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of diet and antihyperglycemic drugs on erectile dysfunction (ED) in a setting of subjects affected by diabetes mellitus (DM) or preDM. Methods. This is a prospective observational study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,955 Views
15 Pages

Efficacy of Drug-Eluting Stents in Diabetic Patients Admitted with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarctions Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

  • Johannes Schmucker,
  • Andreas Fach,
  • Rico Osteresch,
  • Luis Alberto Mata Marin,
  • Stephan Ruehle,
  • Tina Retzlaff,
  • Daniela Garstka,
  • Ingo Eitel,
  • Rainer Hambrecht and
  • Harm Wienbergen

Background: Diabetic patients show higher adverse ischemic event rates and mortality when undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute myocardial infarctions. Therefore, diabetic patients might benefit even more from modern-generation...

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