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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Metformin, Empagliflozin, and Their Combination Modulate Ex-Vivo Macrophage Inflammatory Gene Expression.

Adittya Arefin, Matthew C Gage

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Anti-Inflammatory Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors: Focus on Macrophages.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adittya ArefinWolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medicine, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8886-7263
Matthew C GageDepartment of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, 4 Royal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6668-6573
Royal Veterinary College · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/16/87/32492Diabetes UK 17/0005682
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus is a complex, chronic illness characterized by persistent high blood glucose levels. Patients can be prescribed anti-diabetes drugs as single agents or in combination depending on the severity of their condition. Metformin and empagliflozin are two commonly prescribed anti-diabetes drugs which reduce hyperglycemia, however their direct effects on macrophage inflammatory responses alone or in combination are unreported. Here, we show that metformin and empagliflozin elicit proinflammatory responses on mouse bone-marrow-derived macrophages with single agent challenge, which are modulated when added in combination. In silico docking experiments suggested that empagliflozin can interact with both TLR2 and DECTIN1 receptors, and we observed that both empagliflozin and metformin increase expression of

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Hypoglycemic AgentsMacrophagesMetforminAnimalsBenzhydryl CompoundsBlood GlucoseDrug Therapy, CombinationGene ExpressionGlucosidesHyperglycemiaMiceToll-Like Receptor 2Benzhydryl CompoundsBlood GlucoseempagliflozinGlucosidesHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminToll-Like Receptor 2anti-diabetes drugscombinationsdiabetesempagliflozininflammationmacrophagemetformin

Identifiers

PMID36902218
PMCPMC10003317
OpenAlexW4322770867

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