EndocrinePub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-05-13DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03857-6
Bixin Deng, Tiechao Ruan, Wenting Lu, Junjie Ying, Shiping Li, Ruixi Zhou, Dezhi Mu
{"title":"Safety and efficacy of GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Bixin Deng, Tiechao Ruan, Wenting Lu, Junjie Ying, Shiping Li, Ruixi Zhou, Dezhi Mu","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03857-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03857-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the effects of randomized, placebo-controlled trials involving the GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonists, mazdutide, and cotadutide, on glycaemic control and body weight changes in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity, or both.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted searches in Medline, PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane database, and Web of Science up to March 5, 2024. The primary outcomes assessed were changes in HbA1c level and percentage changes in body weight from baseline (CFB).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eleven studies and four unpublished trials were included. The pooled meta-analysis revealed a significant reduction in HbA1c (MD = -0.63%; 95% CI = [-0.82, -0.44]; P < 0.00001), fasting plasma glucose (MD = -1.71 mmol/L; 95% CI = [-2.31, -1.10]; P < 0.00001), and percentage change in body weight (MD = -4.16%; 95% CI = [-5.41, -2.92]; P < 0.00001). Safety analysis revealed no significant change in serious adverse events (OR = 1.03; 95% CI = [0.61, 1.75]; P = 0.91), but there were significantly higher odds of treatment-emergent adverse events (OR = 2.52; 95% CI = [1.92, 3.30]; P < 0.00001) and vomiting (OR = 6.05; 95% CI = [3.52, 10.40]; P < 0.00001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results suggest that mazdutide and cotadutide are effective for glycaemic control and weight reduction in individuals with T2DM, obesity, or both.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140917314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time course of remnant cholesterol and the risk of heart failure.","authors":"Xiaoxue Liu, Yijun Zhang, Xue Tian, Qin Xu, Xue Xia, Shuohua Chen, Fen Liu, Shouling Wu, Anxin Wang","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-04028-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-024-04028-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aim: </strong>Previous studies have shown that remnant cholesterol (RC) was associated with heart failure (HF). However, lack of evidence regarding the long-term trend of RC with HF risk. We aimed to investigate the association between cumulative RC exposure with incident HF and to further explore the modulating effects of the time course of RC accumulation.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>We enrolled 41,168 participants free of CVD from the Kailuan Study who completed the first three health examinations from 2006 to 2010. Cumulative RC exposure included cumulative RC and time-weighted cumulative RC. The combination of cumulative RC and RC slope over time was characterized as the time course of RC accumulation. Multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for HF risk. We also considered non-HF-related death as a competing event by performing competing risk models as a sensitivity analysis. During 8.84 years, 839 participants developed HF events. Cumulative RC exposure increased the HF risk, with HRs for cumulative RC of 1.72 (1.41-2.10) and for time-averaged cumulative RC of 1.54 (1.25-1.89). There was a nonlinear relationship between cumulative RC exposure and HF risk. Participants with higher cumulative RC and negative slope had the highest HF risk (HR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.16-1.83).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both cumulative long-term exposure and the time course of RC accumulation were associated with HF risk. Early RC accumulation resulted in a greater increase in risk compared to later accumulation. This finding suggests that long-term exposure to RC may be useful in identifying individuals at high risk of developing HF and highlights the need for early initiation of appropriate RC control to prevent or reduce incident HF.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142299417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EndocrinePub Date : 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-04018-5
Theodora Pappa, Lori Wirth
{"title":"An update on redifferentiation strategies for radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma.","authors":"Theodora Pappa, Lori Wirth","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-04018-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-024-04018-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Although most patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) have an excellent prognosis, a subset will experience radioactive iodine refractory (RAI-R) disease, associated with recurrence, distant metastases and worse prognosis. In recent years, redifferentiation has emerged as an attractive approach for patients with RAI-R DTC, a strategy to induce iodine uptake in RAI-R DTC tumor cells and ultimately prolong time to initiation of systemic therapy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An overview and critical appraisal of the existing literature on redifferentiation will be presented in this review under the lens of the genotype-specific targeted therapy administered with redifferentiation intent.</p><p><strong>Results/conclusions: </strong>Due to the significant heterogeneity across studies, it will be key to harmonize research methodology and support future larger, multicenter prospective trials in order to identify the most suitable candidates for this therapeutic strategy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142134209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tirzepatide administration improves cognitive impairment in HFD mice by regulating the SIRT3-NLRP3 axis.","authors":"Jingjing Ma, Yuanyuan Liu, Junya Hu, Xingjing Liu, Yin Xia, Wenqing Xia, Ziyang Shen, Xiaocen Kong, Xia Wu, Li Mao, Qian Li","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-04013-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-024-04013-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>High-fat diet (HFD) currently is reported that in connection with cognitive impairment. Tirzepatide is a novel dual receptor agonist for glycemic control. But whether Tirzepatide exerts a protective effect in HFD-related cognitive impairment remains to be explore.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>During the study, the cognitive dysfunction mice model induced by HFD were established. The expressions synapse-associated protein and other target proteins were detected. The oxidative stress parameters, levels of inflammatory cytokine were also detected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings proved that Tirzepatide administration attenuates high fat diet-related cognitive impairment. Tirzepatide administration suppresses microglia activation, alleviates oxidative stress as well as suppressed the expression of NLRP3 in HFD mice by up-regulating SIRT3 expression. In conclusion, Tirzepatide attenuates HFD-induced cognitive impairment through reducing oxidative stress and neuroinflammation via SIRT3-NLRP3 signaling.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study suggest that Tirzepatide has neuroprotective effects in HFD-related cognitive dysfunction mice model, which provides a promising treatment of HFD-related cognitive impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EndocrinePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-03-28DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03789-1
Jakob Starup-Linde, Sidse Westberg-Rasmussen, Rikke Viggers, Zheer Kejlberg Al-Mashhadi, Aase Handberg, Peter Vestergaard, Søren Gregersen
{"title":"Serum osteoglycin is stable during various glycemic challenges in healthy men.","authors":"Jakob Starup-Linde, Sidse Westberg-Rasmussen, Rikke Viggers, Zheer Kejlberg Al-Mashhadi, Aase Handberg, Peter Vestergaard, Søren Gregersen","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03789-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03789-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Osteoglycin is hypothesized to be metabolically active and may enhance insulin action. We hypothesized that osteoglycin levels increase during hyperglycemia as a physiological response to enhance the effects of insulin.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight healthy males were included in a cross-over study consisting of three study days following an 8 h fast. First, we performed an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT); second, an isoglycemic intravenous glucose infusion (IIGI); and third, a control period consisting of a three hour fast. We analyzed blood samples for circulating osteoglycin levels during the study days. Repeated measures ANOVA was performed to compare levels of s-osteoglycin between OGTT, IIGI, and the fasting control.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no differences in baseline osteoglycin levels among study days (p > 0.05). We observed no significant changes neither in absolute s-osteoglycin levels by time (p = 0.14) nor over time by study day (p = 0.99). Likewise, we observed no significant changes in percentage s-osteoglycin levels neither by time (p = 0.11) nor over time by study day (p = 0.89).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We found that s-osteoglycin levels were stable for three hours during OGTT, IIGI, and fasting in healthy males. Based on the present study, circulating s-osteoglycin levels may be measured independently of fasting or non-fasting conditions. Furthermore, circulating physiological levels of glucose and insulin did not affect s-osteoglycin levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11316717/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140319623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EndocrinePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-07-13DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03894-1
Zubair Baloch, Guido Fadda
{"title":"Remembering Dr. Virginia A. LiVolsi (July 29, 1943-March 7, 2024): The lady of the \"Butterfly Gland\".","authors":"Zubair Baloch, Guido Fadda","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03894-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03894-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141604388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EndocrinePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03806-3
Tania M Espinosa Reyes, Dainy Cordero Martín, Miguel Ángel Álvarez, Henrik Falhammar
{"title":"Memory in female adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency.","authors":"Tania M Espinosa Reyes, Dainy Cordero Martín, Miguel Ángel Álvarez, Henrik Falhammar","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03806-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03806-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), the influence of hyperandrogenism and glucocorticoid supplementation on neurocognition is controversial.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify possible differences in visual working memory and verbal memory in adolescent girls with CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency and matched controls. Moreover, to study if any relationship between variables associated with CAH and the scores of the selected memory tests was present.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In total 39 individuals were studied, female adolescents with CAH and age and pubertal stage matched healthy male and female controls (13 in each group). Sociodemographic, clinical, hormonal, and neurocognitive variables were explored. In female adolescents with CAH, variables related to the disease (age at diagnosis, clinical form, time since diagnosis, and glucocorticoid doses) were correlated with the scores obtained for neurocognitive variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age was 13.9 ± 3.3 years. In female adolescents with CAH the results were worse compared to controls in Free Recall (p = 0.039) and in Visual Memory Span score (p = 0.016). Age at diagnosis was negatively correlated to number of hits (p = 0.04), number recalled backward (p = 0.03), Visual Memory Span test score (p = 0.04) and Total Free Recall (p = 0.04), i.e., memory was worse with later diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Female adolescents with CAH had worse visual working memory compared to matched controls, but not in verbal memory. Age at diagnosis was negatively associated with the memory tests.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140899958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of dietary iron intake with diabetic kidney disease among individuals with diabetes.","authors":"Yichuan Wu, Manlu Xiao, Jiaqi Chen, Yuan Tao, Aomiao Chen, Huanjia Lin, Ying Xu, Linna Li, Hongxia Jia, Yaoming Xue, Yijie Jia, Zongji Zheng","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03819-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03819-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The current study investigated the correlation between dietary iron intake and diabetic kidney disease among diabetic adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study enrolled 8118 participants who suffered from diabetes from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018. Dietary iron intake was obtained from 24 h recall interviews, and diabetic kidney disease was defined as eGFR < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m<sup>2</sup> or albumin creatinine ratio (ACR) ≥ 30 mg/g. Three weighted logistic regression models were utilized to investigate odd ratio (OR) and 95% CIs for diabetic kidney disease. Stratified analyses were performed by gender, age, BMI, HbA1c, hypertension status, and smoking status, and diabetes types.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 8118 participants (51.6% male, mean age 61.3 years), 40.7% of participants suffered from diabetic kidney disease. With the adjustment of potential covariates, we found that ≥ 12.59 mg of dietary iron was related to a lower risk of diabetic kidney disease (OR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.63 to 0.96; OR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.63 to 0.98). In stratified analyses, higher iron intake was negatively related to diabetic kidney disease, especially among those who were male, < 60 years, those with hypertension, those with HbA1c < 7.0%, and those who were ex-smokers. The result remained robust in sensitivity analyses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We found that ≥ 12.59 mg of dietary iron is associated with a lower risk of diabetic kidney disease, especially in those who were male, younger, heavier weight, have better blood sugar control, and those who were ex-smokers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140960315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EndocrinePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-05-16DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03803-6
Yingting Zuo, Shuohua Chen, Xue Tian, Shouling Wu, Anxin Wang
{"title":"Systolic blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in normotensive diabetic adults: a prospective cohort study.","authors":"Yingting Zuo, Shuohua Chen, Xue Tian, Shouling Wu, Anxin Wang","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03803-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03803-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Currently, the special blood pressure (BP) target for normotensive diabetic patients has not been recommended. We investigated the optimal systolic blood pressure (SBP) for lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in normotensive diabetic patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this 12-year follow-up study using the participants of the Kailuan Study, we mainly compared which SBP, 90-119 mmHg or 120-129 mmHg, had a lower risk of occurrence of CVD (stroke and myocardial infarction) in the 3072 normotensive diabetic participants and 21,532 normotensive and non-diabetic participants, respectively. The SBP was expressed as a mean time-weighted cumulative (MTWC) SBP, calculated from the multiple measurements of SBP during the follow-up. Multivariate competing risk regression analyses were used for the analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that in normotensive diabetic participants, MTWC SBP of 120-129 mmHg was associated with a lower risk of CVD (HR = 0.69 [0.50-0.95]), myocardial infarction (HR = 0.48 [0.24-0.96]), and trending towards lower risk of stroke (HR = 0.80 [0.55-1.16]), compared to MTWC SBP of 90-119 mmHg. Sensitivity analyses confirmed the relationship between low SBP and increased CVD risk. Whereas, in the normotensive and non-diabetic participants, MTWC SBP of 90-119 mmHg vs 120-129 mmHg did not exhibit any difference in the risk of CVD occurrence (HR = 0.99 [0.83-1.18]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The higher level of SBP in normotensive diabetic patients is especially associated with a lower risk of CVD occurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140944295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EndocrinePub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-05-18DOI: 10.1007/s12020-024-03828-x
Yuting Gao, Tianyi Zhao, Na Lv, Shixuan Liu, Tao Yuan, Yong Fu, Weigang Zhao, Baoli Zhu
{"title":"Metformin-induced changes of the gut microbiota in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from a prospective cohort study.","authors":"Yuting Gao, Tianyi Zhao, Na Lv, Shixuan Liu, Tao Yuan, Yong Fu, Weigang Zhao, Baoli Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s12020-024-03828-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12020-024-03828-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The influence of the microbiota on hypoglycemic agents is becoming more apparent. The effects of metformin, a primary anti-diabetes drug, on gut microbiota are still not fully understood.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>This prospective cohort study aims to investigate the longitudinal effects of metformin on the gut microbiota of 25 treatment-naïve diabetes patients, each receiving a daily dose of 1500 mg. Microbiota compositions were analyzed at baseline, and at 1, 3, and 6 months of medication using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Prior to the 3-month period of metformin treatment, significant improvements were noted in body mass index (BMI) and glycemic-related parameters, such as fasting blood glucose (FPG) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), alongside homeostasis model assessment indices of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). At the 3-month mark of medication, a significant reduction in the α-diversity of the gut microbiota was noted, while β-diversity exhibited no marked variances throughout the treatment duration. The Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio. markedly decreased. Metformin treatment consistently increased Escherichia-Shigella and decreased Romboutsia, while Pseudomonas decreased at 3 months. Fuzzy c-means clustering identified three longitudinal trajectory clusters for microbial fluctuations: (i) genera temporarily changing, (ii) genera continuing to decrease (Bacteroides), and (iii) genera continuing to increase(Lachnospiraceae ND3007 group, [Eubacterium] xylanophilum group, Romboutsia, Faecalibacterium and Ruminococcaceae UCG-014). The correlation matrix revealed associations between specific fecal taxa and metformin-related clinical parameters HbA1c, FPG, Uric Acid (UA), high-density lipoproteincholesterol (HDL-C), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), triglyceride (TG) (P < 0.05). Metacyc database showed that metformin significantly altered 17 functional pathways. Amino acid metabolism pathways such as isoleucine biosynthesis predominated in the post-treatment group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Metformin's role in glucose metabolism regulation may primarily involve specific alterations in certain gut microbial species rather than an overall increase in microbial species diversity. This may suggest gut microbiota targets in future studies on metabolic abnormalities caused by metformin.</p>","PeriodicalId":49211,"journal":{"name":"Endocrine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140960288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}