Title : [Metformin--new treatment strategies for gynecologic neoplasms].

Pub. Date : 2013

PMID : 23879009






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1 Metformin has antiproliferative properties; reduces the VEGF levels, causing a reduction in tumor vasculature; causes an increase in progesterone receptor, which increases the response to hormonal therapy; inhibits the expression of glyoxalase I, mediating resistance to chemotherapy; decreases in the concentration of human telomerase; reduces the activity of Akt and Erk kinases, key regulators of metabolism and progression of tumors and also inhibits the formation of metastases. Metformin vascular endothelial growth factor A Homo sapiens