Metformin and Vascular Diseases: A Focused Review on Smooth Muscle Cell Function

• Main Authors: Mingying Deng (Author), Dan Su (Author), Suowen Xu (Author), Peter J. Little (Author), Xiaojun Feng (Author), Liqin Tang (Author), Aizong Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Metformin has been used in diabetes for more than 60 years and has excellent safety in the therapy of human type 2 diabetes (T2D). There is growing evidence that the beneficial health effects of metformin are beyond its ability to improve glucose metabolism. Metformin not only reduces the incidence...