Nonalcoholic fatty liver: A possible new target for type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 22933-22966

  Fruci, Barbara ^a   Giuliano, Stefania ^a   Mazza, Angela ^a   Malaguarnera, Roberta ^a   Belfiore, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic drugs; Cardiovascular disease (CVD); Insulin resistance; Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); Statins; Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ATORVASTATIN; BETAINE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EXENDIN 4; EZETIMIBE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 21; FLUINDOSTATIN; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIRAGLUTIDE; METFORMIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; ROSIGLITAZONE; ROSUVASTATIN; SIBUTRAMINE; SILYMARIN; SIMVASTATIN; SITAGLIPTIN; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; BIOACCUMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; LIPOTOXICITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METFORMIN; THIAZOLIDINEDIONES;

EID: 84888110287     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms141122933     Document Type: Review

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