Effect of metformin therapy on the levels of certain adipose tissue hormones and mediators of nonspecific generalized inflammation in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes

• Main Author: A.M. Urbanovych
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House Zaslavsky 2015-05-01
• Series: Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal
• Subjects: type 2 diabetes mellitus; leptin; resistin; IL-2; IL-6; TNF-α
• Online Access: http://iej.zaslavsky.com.ua/article/view/75009

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of the drug metformin on the levels of adipose tissue hormones and generalized nonspecific mediators of inflammation in type 2 diabetes. 38 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes were followed up before and after 12 months of hypoglycemic monotherapy with glucophage. The results indicate that the normalization of carbohydrate metabolism indices and decreased body weight of patients in the presence of the therapy is due not only to direct effects of metformin in improving glucose uptake by peripheral tissues, but by the ability of the drug to modulate adipocytokine secretion.