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COVID-19 and Diabetes Mellitus: May Old Anti-diabetic Agents Become the New Philosopher's Stone?

Theano PenlioglouStella PapachristouNikoloas Papanas
Published in: Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2020)
Corona virus infectious disease (COVID-19) is a new pandemic. In subjects with diabetes mellitus, infection may be more frequent and severe. We discuss the potential contribution of two traditional oral antidiabetic agents, metformin and pioglitazone, to the improvement of liver injury in COVID-19. Clearly, further experience is needed to shed light on these hypotheses.
Keyphrases
  • coronavirus disease
  • sars cov
  • liver injury
  • drug induced
  • infectious diseases
  • respiratory syndrome coronavirus
  • type diabetes
  • early onset
  • risk assessment
  • human health
  • metabolic syndrome
  • skeletal muscle