New use for an old drug : Metformin and atrial fibrillation

Vinciguerra, Manlio ORCID: 0000-0002-1768-3894, Olier, Ivan, Ortega-Martorell, Sandra ORCID: 0000-0001-9927-3209 and Lip, Gregory YH ORCID: 0000-0002-7566-1626 (2022) New use for an old drug : Metformin and atrial fibrillation. CELL REPORTS MEDICINE, 3 (12). 100875-.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100875

Abstract

Lal and colleagues<sup>1</sup> reported an integrative approach-combining transcriptomics, iPSCs, and epidemiological evidence-to identify and repurpose metformin, a main first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, as an effective risk reducer for atrial fibrillation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Atrial Fibrillation, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Metformin
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	24 Jan 2023 09:29
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 16:31
DOI:	10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100875
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100875
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3167844