PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 31998447-5 2020 In this study, we found that the administration of metformin improved functional recovery after SCI through reducing neuronal cell apoptosis and repairing neurites by stabilizing microtubules via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Metformin 51-60 AKT serine/threonine kinase 1 Homo sapiens 201-204 31998447-6 2020 Inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway with LY294002 partly reversed the therapeutic effects of metformin on SCI in vitro and vivo. Metformin 89-98 AKT serine/threonine kinase 1 Homo sapiens 20-23 31998447-10 2020 Taken together, these results revealed that the role of metformin in nerve regeneration after SCI was probably related to stabilization of microtubules and inhibition of the excessive activation of Akt-mediated Nrf2/ARE pathway-regulated oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Metformin 56-65 AKT serine/threonine kinase 1 Homo sapiens 198-201