The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications
Diabetes mellitus (DM), and its micro and macrovascular complications, is one of the biggest challenges for world public health. Despite overall improvement in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, its incidence is expected to continue increasing over the next years. Nowadays, finding therapies to pr...
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doaj-f7015d6bfc1d4b449eaa77a27b36a68d2020-11-25T02:21:14ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832020-01-019234610.3390/jcm9020346jcm9020346The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic ComplicationsTeresa Caro-Ordieres0Gema Marín-Royo1Lucas Opazo-Ríos2Luna Jiménez-Castilla3Juan Antonio Moreno4Carmen Gómez-Guerrero5Jesús Egido6Research Discovery and Innovation Department, FAES FARMA, S.A, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa (Bizkaia), SpainRenal, Vascular and Diabetes Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 28040 Madrid, SpainRenal, Vascular and Diabetes Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 28040 Madrid, SpainRenal, Vascular and Diabetes Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, University of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, SpainRenal, Vascular and Diabetes Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 28040 Madrid, SpainRenal, Vascular and Diabetes Research Laboratory, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spanish Biomedical Research Centre in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), 28040 Madrid, SpainDiabetes mellitus (DM), and its micro and macrovascular complications, is one of the biggest challenges for world public health. Despite overall improvement in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, its incidence is expected to continue increasing over the next years. Nowadays, finding therapies to prevent or retard the progression of diabetic complications remains an unmet need due to the complexity of mechanisms involved, which include inflammation, oxidative stress and angiogenesis, among others. Flavonoids are natural antioxidant compounds that have been shown to possess anti-diabetic properties. Moreover, increasing scientific evidence has demonstrated their potential anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. Consequently, the use of these compounds as anti-diabetic drugs has generated growing interest, as is reflected in the numerous in vitro and in vivo studies related to this field. Therefore, the aim of this review is to assess the recent pre-clinical and clinical research about the potential effect of flavonoids in the amelioration of diabetic complications. In brief, we provide updated information concerning the discrepancy between the numerous experimental studies supporting the efficacy of flavonoids on diabetic complications and the lack of appropriate and well-designed clinical trials. Due to the well-described beneficial effects on different mechanisms involved in diabetic complications, the excellent tolerability and low cost, future randomized controlled studies with compounds that have adequate bioavailability should be evaluated as add-on therapy on well-established anti-diabetic drugs.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/2/346flavonoidsdiabetesmicrovascular complicationscardiovascular diseasediabetic nephropathyoxidative stressinflammationtherapeutics |
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Teresa Caro-Ordieres Gema Marín-Royo Lucas Opazo-Ríos Luna Jiménez-Castilla Juan Antonio Moreno Carmen Gómez-Guerrero Jesús Egido The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications Journal of Clinical Medicine flavonoids diabetes microvascular complications cardiovascular disease diabetic nephropathy oxidative stress inflammation therapeutics |
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Teresa Caro-Ordieres Gema Marín-Royo Lucas Opazo-Ríos Luna Jiménez-Castilla Juan Antonio Moreno Carmen Gómez-Guerrero Jesús Egido |
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The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications |
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The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications |
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The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications |
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The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications |
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The Coming Age of Flavonoids in the Treatment of Diabetic Complications |
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coming age of flavonoids in the treatment of diabetic complications |
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Diabetes mellitus (DM), and its micro and macrovascular complications, is one of the biggest challenges for world public health. Despite overall improvement in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, its incidence is expected to continue increasing over the next years. Nowadays, finding therapies to prevent or retard the progression of diabetic complications remains an unmet need due to the complexity of mechanisms involved, which include inflammation, oxidative stress and angiogenesis, among others. Flavonoids are natural antioxidant compounds that have been shown to possess anti-diabetic properties. Moreover, increasing scientific evidence has demonstrated their potential anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects. Consequently, the use of these compounds as anti-diabetic drugs has generated growing interest, as is reflected in the numerous in vitro and in vivo studies related to this field. Therefore, the aim of this review is to assess the recent pre-clinical and clinical research about the potential effect of flavonoids in the amelioration of diabetic complications. In brief, we provide updated information concerning the discrepancy between the numerous experimental studies supporting the efficacy of flavonoids on diabetic complications and the lack of appropriate and well-designed clinical trials. Due to the well-described beneficial effects on different mechanisms involved in diabetic complications, the excellent tolerability and low cost, future randomized controlled studies with compounds that have adequate bioavailability should be evaluated as add-on therapy on well-established anti-diabetic drugs. |
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flavonoids diabetes microvascular complications cardiovascular disease diabetic nephropathy oxidative stress inflammation therapeutics |
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