ArticleTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2020
Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibition by Metformin: Drug-Exercise Interactions.
Article in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Influence of healthy lifestyle on the incidence and survival of cancer and its comorbidities: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Metformin's Effects on Cognitive Function from a Biovariance Perspective: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Too old for healthy aging? Exploring age limits of longevity treatments.npj metabolic health and disease · 2024Review
- Health-related fitness benefits following concurrent high-intensity interval training and resistance training in patients with type-1 diabetes or type-2 diabetes.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Targets for Regulating Oxidative Damage Induced by Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury: A Study from a Pharmacological Perspective.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2022Review
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- Metabolic Strategies for Inhibiting Cancer Development.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Review
- Newly-found functions of metformin for the prevention and treatment of age-related macular degeneration.International journal of ophthalmology · 2021Review
- Diabetes Mellitus, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and CaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Mitochondrial Metabolism in PDAC: From Better Knowledge to New Targeting Strategies.Biomedicines · 2020Review
- TOM40 Inhibits Ovarian Cancer Cell Growth by Modulating Mitochondrial Function Including Intracellular ATP and ROS Levels.Cancers · 2020Article
- Sedentary Lifestyles and a Hypercaloric Diets During Middle Age, are Binomial Conducive to Fatal Progression, That is Counteracted by the Hormetic Treatment of Exercise, Metformin, and Tert-Butyl Hydroquinone: An Analysis of Female Middle-Aged Rat Liver Mitochondria.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Metformin has antidiabetic, anticancer, and prolongevity effects, but seems to interfere with aerobic training mitochondrial adaptations. The primary mechanism of action has been suggested to be the inhibition of mitochondrial complex I. Recent papers (Wang et al. and Cameron et al.), however, provide evidence to deny the hypothesis of a direct action of metformin on complex I.
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