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8216316

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the effect of the antihyperglycemic drug metformin on glucose transporter protein and gene expression, skin fibroblasts obtained from normal and diabetic volunteers were grown in culture and incubated with metformin at various concentration for up to 16 days. Metformin caused a dose and time dependent increase in GLUT1 number with a maximum at a concentration of 10 micrograms metformin given over 4 days. This was accompanied by an increase in GLUT1 mRNA, suggesting that metformin has a stimulating effect on glucose transporter gene expression. No significant difference was observed between cells obtained from type II diabetic patients and those from controls. We conclude that in human fibroblasts GLUT1 de novo synthesis is involved in the long term effect of metformin on glucose transport.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
196
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
382-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Metformin increases glucose transporter protein and gene expression in human fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't