Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36786075›Full record

ArticleEndocrinology, diabetes & metabolism2023

The association study between changes in HbA1C with rs2250486 and rs67238751 genetic variants for SLC47A1 in newly diagnosed Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: 6 months follow-up study.

Armina Semnani, Faranak Kazerouni, Saeid Kalbasi, Seyedeh Zahra Shahrokhi, Ali Rahimipour

Open access · goldFull text read
In one paragraph

Article in Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Armina SemnaniDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faranak KazerouniDepartment of Medical Lab Sciences, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saeid KalbasiDepartment of Clinical Endocrinology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Seyedeh Zahra ShahrokhiDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali RahimipourDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5577-9619
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRAja University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesOne of the most well-known oral medications for the treatment of T2DM is metformin. Variants have been found in studies to be useful in detecting new genes connected to T2DM aetiology and affecting metformin's mechanism of action. In this research, we aimed to study two variations of the SLC47A1 gene; rs2250486 and rs67238751, in T2DM patients who had been taking metformin for the first 6 months after the diagnosis in the Iranian population for the first time. DESIGN AND

methodsA total of 200 individuals were recruited for the study. According to their glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, the patients were divided into two groups: responders (HbA1c levels were reduced by at least 1% after 6 months of metformin treatment.) and non-responders. DNA was extracted from whole blood and genotyped by Tetra ARMS PCR. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to measure HbA1c levels at the start of the treatment and again 6 months later.

resultsrs2250486 variant in the dominant model reduces the HbA1C levels after 6 months of metformin treatment. In fact, when compared to the T/C + C/C genotypes, the T/T genotype improves HbA1C levels (p-value = .014). Furthermore, in the allelic model, the T allele improves HbA1C levels in comparison to the C allele (p-value = .008). After 6 months of metformin treatment, serum levels of HbA1C in responders were reduced significantly in both groups (T/T and T/C + C/C), (p-value = <.0001). However, the rs67238751 variant did not reveal a meaningful relationship with lower HbA1C levels in any of the models.

conclusionsThis study found that the rs2250486 variant could be associated with reducing HbA1C levels while the rs67238751 variant, had no relationship.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2MetforminFollow-Up StudiesGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsIranOrganic Cation Transport ProteinsGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminOrganic Cation Transport ProteinsSLC47A1 protein, humanHbA1CmetforminSLC47A1type 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID36786075
PMCPMC10164423
OpenAlexW4320711738

What OpenQuestion holds

Textfull text, public
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.