Metformin action: Concentrations matter

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-162

  He, Ling ^a   Wondisford, Fredric E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LACTIC ACID; METFORMIN; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3; PHENFORMIN; PYRUVIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTESTINE CELL; LIVER CELL; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; METFORMIN;

EID: 84922844480     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2015.01.003     Document Type: Note

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