The phenomenon termed postconditioning, that is, brief episodes of ischemia/reperfusion at the onset of reperfusion reduce infarct size, is thought to involve the activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway. Treatment with a drug activating PI3K at the onset of reperfusion may confer a similar cardioprotection. The sulfonylurea glimepiride has been shown to activate PI3K ...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION The goal of the study was to examine the effects of sitagliptin dose-up or glimepiride dose-up in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes who were controlled inadequately by sitagliptin and glimepiride in combination. MATERIALS AND METHODS A multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label study was carried out in 50 patients with type 2 diabetes treated with sitagliptin and ...

AIMS The diabetic heart is resistant to the myocardial infarct-limiting effects of ischemic preconditioning (IPC). This may be in part due to the downregulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase-Akt pathway, an essential component of IPC protection. We hypothesized that treating the diabetic heart with the sulfonylurea, glimepiride, which has been reported to activate Akt, may lower the thr...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy/safety of canagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, compared with glimepiride over 104 weeks in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this randomized, double-blind study, patients (N = 1,450) received canagliflozin 100 or 300 mg or glimepiride (titrated up to 6 or 8 mg/day) during ...

OBJECTIVE The most common form of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α (HNF1A diabetes: MODY3) is often treated with sulfonylureas that confer a high risk of hypoglycemia. We evaluated treatment with GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) in patients with HNF1A diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Sixteen patients with HNF1A diabetes (8 women; mean age 39 yea...

OBJECTIVE To review the clinical pharmacology data regarding the sulfonylurea glimepiride, and to summarize the clinical trials of glimepiride efficacy and safety alone and in combination with insulin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE database search (English language, January 1985-April 1997) was performed to identify relevant published articles, including...

AIM As weight gain and hypoglycaemia associated with glimepiride therapy can negatively impact weight perceptions, psychological well-being and overall quality of life in type 2 diabetes, we investigated whether liraglutide treatment could improve these factors. METHODS Seven hundred and thirty-two patients with type 2 diabetes completed a 77-item questionnaire during a randomized, 52-week, d...

UNLABELLED Aims/Introduction:  To compare first-line, single-agent glimepiride and pioglitazone in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled by diet and exercise with respect to glycemic control, safety and metabolic changes. MATERIALS AND METHODS   Patients with previously untreated type 2 diabetes were enrolled in a multicenter, randomized, non-blind, parallel-group trial of glime...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION To evaluate the efficacy and safety of alogliptin added to treatment with glimepiride. MATERIALS AND METHODS This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, 24-week (12-week observation and 12-week treatment) study compared alogliptin 12.5 or 25 mg in combination with glimepiride (1-4 mg/day) vs placebo added to glimepiride monotherapy in Japanese patients with t...

To investigate the different effects between sulfonylurea (SU) and glinide drugs in insulin secretion, pancreatic beta-cells were repeatedly stimulated with SU (glimepiride) or glinide (mitiglinide). Total internal reflection fluorescent (TIRF) microscopy revealed that secondary stimulation with glimepiride, but not glucose and mitiglinide, failed to evoke fusions of insulin granules although p...