Antidiabetic drugs in NAFLD: The accomplishment of two goals at once?

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Tacelli, Matteo ^a   Celsa, Ciro ^a   Magro, Bianca ^a   Giannetti, Aurora ^a   Pennisi, Grazia ^a   Spatola, Federica ^a   Petta, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic cirrhosis; Liraglutide; Metformin; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Thiazolidinediones

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EXENDIN 4; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; IPRAGLIFLOZIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; MEGLITINIDE; METFORMIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; ROSIGLITAZONE; SITAGLIPTIN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; SULFONYLUREA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FRACTURE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GLUCAGON RELEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 85057011322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph11040121     Document Type: Review

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