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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.05.028 | DOI Listing |
Front Cell Neurosci
August 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Background: Imeglimin (Ime), the first in a novel class of antidiabetic agents, has potential therapeutic effects on diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effects on cellular metabolic function and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in high glucose-treated mouse Schwann cells (SCs), an DPN model, with those of metformin (Met), a conventional antidiabetic agent known for its beneficial effects on DPN. The roles of PPARα and fatty acid-binding proteins 5 and 7 (FABP5 and FABP7), both of which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of DPN, were also investigated.
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July 2025
Department of Cardiology, Rinku General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan (Dr Yamashita).
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) deficiency is a representative molecular abnormality in familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia, a hereditary disorder of lipid metabolism characterized by markedly elevated plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. In this condition, dysfunction of CETP, which mediates the transfer of cholesteryl esters from HDL particles to apolipoprotein (Apo)B-containing lipoproteins, leads to the abnormal accumulation of HDL-C. These HDL particles are unusually large and enriched in cholesteryl esters, ApoCIII, and ApoE, whereas low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles are small, depleted of cholesteryl esters, and enriched in triglycerides.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Endocrinol (Lausanne)
August 2025
Department of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Background: Pemafibrate, a selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α modulator, ameliorates hypertriglyceridemia. We investigated the effects of pemafibrate on steatotic liver disease (SLD) in relation to various atherogenic lipid profiles.
Methods: Thirty-nine Japanese patients with both type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertriglyceridemia (men/women: 24/15, mean age: 58.
Adv Ther
July 2025
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
Introduction: Pemafibrate was well tolerated and effective in clinical trials that led to its approval to treat hyperlipidemia. However, these clinical trials typically have limitations and may not sufficiently assess the performance of pemafibrate in the real-world setting. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of pemafibrate in patients with hyperlipidemia in Japan.
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July 2025
Department of Diabetes/Endocrinology and Metabolism, Minoh City Hospital, Japan.
Aims This study aimed to investigate the short-term effects of pemafibrate (PEMA) on the Fibrosis-4 index (FIB-4) and Aspartate Aminotransferase to Platelet Ratio Index (APRI) across three subgroups stratified according to FIB-4 for assessing the risk of liver fibrosis in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and hypertriglyceridemia. Methods A total of 114 patients were stratified into three subgroups based on their FIB-4 score at the initiation of PEMA, following the FIB-4 classification: Group 1 (G1) (FIB-4<1.30, n =46), Group 2 (G2) (FIB-4 1.
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