ReviewDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2021
Use of Novel Antidiabetic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and COVID-19: A Critical Review.
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- SGLT2 Inhibitors and the Risk of Infections in Type 2 Diabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Real-World Evidence.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Pooled it
- Noninsulin-based antihyperglycemic medications in patients with diabetes and COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes · 2023 · on this mapPooled it
- Understanding the interplay between COVID-19 and diabetes: insights for the post-pandemic era.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- The Importance of a Novel Syndemic Approach for Cardiometabolic Diseases.Current medicinal chemistry · 2024Article
- Insight on Infections in Diabetic Setting.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- The Safety Profile of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors and Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists in the Standard of Care Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Absolute Hyperglycemia versus Stress Hyperglycemia Ratio for the Prognosis of Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 in the First Months of the Pandemic: A Retrospective Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2023Article
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- The Dual Pandemics of COVID-19 and Obesity: Bidirectional Impact.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2022Review
- Diabetic Foot Syndrome in the COVID-19 era: How to Move from Classical to new Approaches.The international journal of lower extremity wounds · 2022Article
- Metformin: Sex/Gender Differences in Its Uses and Effects-Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- COVID-19 and diabetes-Two giants colliding: From pathophysiology to management.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The latter is a pandemic that has the potential of developing into a severe illness manifesting as systemic inflammatory response syndrome, acute respiratory distress syndrome, multi-organ involvement and shock. In addition, advanced age and male sex and certain underlying health conditions, like type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), predispose to a higher risk of greater COVID-19 severity and mortality. This calls for an urgent identification of antidiabetic agents associated with more favourable COVID-19 outcomes among patients with T2DM, as well as recognition of their potential underlying mechanisms. It is crucial that individuals with T2DM be kept under very stringent glycaemic control in order to avoid developing various cardiovascular, renal and metabolic complications associated with more severe forms of COVID-19 that lead to increased mortality. The use of novel antidiabetic agents dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitors (DPP4i), sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in subjects with T2DM may have beneficial effects on COVID-19 outcomes. However, relevant studies either show inconsistent results (DPP4i) or are still too few (SGLT2i and GLP-1RAs). Further research is therefore needed to assess the impact of these agents on COVID-19 outcomes.
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