 Metformin
"Metformin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A biguanide hypoglycemic agent used in the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus not responding to dietary modification. Metformin improves glycemic control by improving insulin sensitivity and decreasing intestinal absorption of glucose. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p289)
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D008687
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.078.370.141.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Metformin- Metformin
- Dimethylguanylguanidine
- Dimethylbiguanidine
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2018 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metformin" by people in Profiles.
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Choi JG, Winn AN, Skandari MR, Franco MI, Staab EM, Alexander J, Wan W, Zhu M, Huang ES, Philipson L, Laiteerapong N. First-Line Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists : A Cost-Effectiveness Study. Ann Intern Med. 2022 10; 175(10):1392-1400.
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Deng Y, Polley EC, Wallach JD, Dhruva SS, Herrin J, Quinto K, Gandotra C, Crown W, Noseworthy P, Yao X, Lyon TD, Shah ND, Ross JS, McCoy RG. Emulating the GRADE trial using real world data: retrospective comparative effectiveness study. BMJ. 2022 10 03; 379:e070717.
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Utzschneider KM, Ehrmann DA, Arslanian SA, Barengolts E, Buchanan TA, Caprio S, Edelstein SL, Hannon TS, Kahn SE, Kozedub A, Mather KJ, Nadeau KJ, Sam S, Tripputi M, Xiang AH, El Ghormli L. Weight loss and ß-cell responses following gastric banding or pharmacotherapy in adults with impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 08; 30(8):1579-1588.
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Morgans AK, Chen YH, Jarrard DF, Carducci M, Liu G, Eisenberger M, Plimack ER, Bryce A, Garcia JA, Dreicer R, Vogelzang NJ, Picus J, Shevrin D, Hussain M, DiPaola RS, Cella D, Sweeney CJ. Association between baseline body mass index and survival in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: ECOG-ACRIN CHAARTED E3805. Prostate. 2022 09; 82(12):1176-1185.
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Amin SV, Khanna S, Parvar SP, Shaw LT, Dao D, Hariprasad SM, Skondra D. Metformin and retinal diseases in preclinical and clinical studies: Insights and review of literature. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2022 02; 247(4):317-329.
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Lee CG, Heckman-Stoddard B, Dabelea D, Gadde KM, Ehrmann D, Ford L, Prorok P, Boyko EJ, Pi-Sunyer X, Wallia A, Knowler WC, Crandall JP, Temprosa M. Effect of Metformin and Lifestyle Interventions on Mortality in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study. Diabetes Care. 2021 12; 44(12):2775-2782.
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Marek-Iannucci S, Ozdemir AB, Moreira D, Gomez AC, Lane M, Porritt RA, Lee Y, Shimada K, Abe M, Stotland A, Zemmour D, Parker S, Sanchez-Lopez E, Van Eyk J, Gottlieb RA, Fishbein MC, Karin M, Crother TR, Rivas MN, Arditi M. Autophagy-mitophagy induction attenuates cardiovascular inflammation in a murine model of Kawasaki disease vasculitis. JCI Insight. 2021 09 22; 6(18).
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Blitzer AL, Ham SA, Skondra D. Methodological Considerations for the Case-Control Study of Metformin and Age-Related Macular Degeneration-Reply. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 08 01; 139(8):919-920.
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Eyres M, Lanfredini S, Xu H, Burns A, Blake A, Willenbrock F, Goldin R, Hughes D, Hughes S, Thapa A, Vavoulis D, Hubert A, D'Costa Z, Sabbagh A, Abraham AG, Blancher C, Jones S, Verrill C, Silva M, Soonawalla Z, Maughan T, Schuh A, Mukherjee S, O'Neill E. TET2 Drives 5hmc Marking of GATA6 and Epigenetically Defines Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Transcriptional Subtypes. Gastroenterology. 2021 08; 161(2):653-668.e16.
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Bramante CT, Buse J, Tamaritz L, Palacio A, Cohen K, Vojta D, Liebovitz D, Mitchell N, Nicklas J, Lingvay I, Clark JM, Aronne LJ, Anderson E, Usher M, Demmer R, Melton GB, Ingraham N, Tignanelli CJ. Outpatient metformin use is associated with reduced severity of COVID-19 disease in adults with overweight or obesity. J Med Virol. 2021 07; 93(7):4273-4279.
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