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Novel insulin sensitizers: pharmacogenomic aspects.
Pharmacogenomics - 1 Jan 2002
Otto Carsten, Lehrke Michael, Göke Burkhard
Abstract excerpt
Thiazolidinediones (TZD, glitazones) are a new class of oral antidiabetic drugs which exert their insulin sensitizing action by stimulation of the nuclear transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma). At present pioglitazone and rosiglitazone are available for clinical use. Different activation levels of PPAR-gamma and of co-factors determine the binding of PPAR-gamma to...
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