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SUBMITTER: Schweighofer N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7308180 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schweighofer Natascha N Genser Bernd B Maerz Winfried W Kleber Marcus E ME Trummer Olivia O Pieber Thomas R TR Obermayer-Pietsch Barbara B
Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy 20200618
<h4>Purpose</h4>Organic cation transporters (Octs) use cations like endogenous compounds, toxins, and drugs, such as metformin, as substrates. Therefore, these proteins determine the pharmacokinetics and -dynamics of metformin and thus its efficacy. Of note, metformin is today the most commonly used pharmaceutical in the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with nevertheless a great variability in clinical response, which attributes to genetic variances. The aim of this study was to determine the ...[more]