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Volume 351:1106-1118 September 9, 2004 Number 11
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Thiazolidinediones
Hannele Yki-Järvinen, M.D., F.R.C.P.

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Insulin resistance both precedes and predicts type 2 diabetes mellitus.1 Although exercise and weight loss ameliorate insulin resistance and may in some cases prevent or delay onset of the disease,2 therapy that combats insulin resistance in those who fail to change their lifestyle is needed. Current pharmacologic approaches are unsatisfactory in improving such consequences of insulin resistance as hyperglycemia, diabetic dyslipidemia, abnormal coagulation and fibrinolysis, and hypertension,3 each of which may require the use of at least one medication. Thus, the development of drugs targeted to reverse insulin resistance is important. The insulin-sensitizing thiazolidinediones, which are selective ligands of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Superfamily of Peroxisome-Proliferator–Activated Receptors

Mechanism of Action of Thiazolidinediones

Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion

Enhancement of Insulin Sensitivity

Indirect Effects in Adipose Tissue

Clinical Efficacy of Thiazolidinediones in Humans

Effects in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Hypoglycemic Effects

Effects on Lipids

Effects of Thiazolidinediones on Conditions Characterized by Insulin Resistance

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Lipodystrophies

Effects of Thiazolidinediones on Markers of Cardiovascular Risk

Body Composition and Blood Pressure

Plasma and Urinary Markers

Vascular Function and Disease

Safety and Tolerability of Thiazolidinediones

Weight Gain, Fluid Retention, and Anemia

Hepatotoxicity

Insulin Sensitization beyond Thiazolidinediones

Conclusions


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From the Division of Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Yki-Järvinen at the Division of Diabetes, Department of Medicine, P.O. Box 340, 00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland, or at ykijarvi@cc.helsinki.fi.


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