Linagliptin: A thorough characterization beyond its clinical efficacy

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Sortino, Maria Angela ^a   Sinagra, Tiziana ^a   Canonico, Pier Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic drugs; Diabetes mellitus; DPP 4 inhibitors; Glp 1; Incretin

Indexed keywords

ALOGLIPTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INCRETIN; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LINAGLIPTIN; LINAGLIPTIN PLUS METFORMIN; LIVER ENZYME; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; SAXAGLIPTIN; SIMVASTATIN; SITAGLIPTIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1ALPHA; SULFONYLUREA; VILDAGLIPTIN; VOGLIBOSE; WARFARIN;

BACKACHE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84884178268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00016     Document Type: Review

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