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Evaluating the impact of AMPK activation, a target of metformin, on risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer in the UK Biobank: a Mendelian randomisation study.

Shan LuoCatherine Mary SchoolingIan Chi Kei Ck WongShiu Lun Ryan Au Yeung
Published in: Diabetologia (2020)
This study provides some genetic evidence that AMPK activation by metformin may protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer, which needs to be confirmed by randomised controlled trials.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular disease
  • papillary thyroid
  • skeletal muscle
  • squamous cell
  • gene expression
  • coronary artery disease
  • young adults
  • protein kinase
  • childhood cancer