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ReviewDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2020

Thioredoxin-Interacting Protein as a Novel Potential Therapeutic Target in Diabetes Mellitus and Its Underlying Complications.

Dawit Zewdu Wondafrash, Asmelash Tesfay Nire'a, Gebrehiwot Gebremedihn Tafere, Desilu Mahari Desta, Demoze Asmerom Berhe, Kaleab Alemayehu Zewdie

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Review in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dawit Zewdu WondafrashDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0003-1127-6443
Asmelash Tesfay Nire'aPharmacology and Toxicology Research and Course Unit, Department of Pharmacy, Axum University, Axum, Ethiopia.
Gebrehiwot Gebremedihn TafereDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Desilu Mahari DestaClinical Pharmacy Research and Course Unit, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Demoze Asmerom BerheDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-9816-6479
Kaleab Alemayehu ZewdieDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-7089-421X
Mekelle University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disorder which is characterized by a persistent increment of blood glucose. Globally, DM affects millions of people and the prevalence is increasing alarmingly. The critical step in the pathophysiology of DM is the loss of β-cells of the pancreas, which are responsible for the secretion of insulin. Thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) is among the factors that control the production and loss of the pancreatic β-cells. TXNIP is an α-arrestin that can bind and inhibit thioredoxin (the antioxidant protein) which is produced in the pancreatic islet after glucose intake. Numerous studies illustrated that elevated TXNIP levels were found to induce β-cell apoptosis; whereas TXNIP deficiency protects against type I and type II diabetes by promoting β-cell survival. Nowadays, TXNIP depletion is becoming a key factor in pancreatic β-cell survival enhancement. In the present review, targeting TXNIP is found to be relevant as a unique therapeutic opportunity, not only to improve insulin secretion and sensitivity, but also ameliorating the long term microvascular and macrovascular complications of the disease. Thus, TXNIP inhibitors that could reduce the expression and/or activity of TXNIP to non-diabetic levels are promising agents to halt the alarming rate of diabetes and its related complications.

Indexed as

diabetes mellitusthioredoxinTXNIPTXNIP modulatorsverapamil

Identifiers

PMID32021350
PMCPMC6954842
OpenAlexW2997086972

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