ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief summary: This review provides an update on the possible actions of metformin beyond glucose regulation in the liver. It summarizes recent findings regarding its action in the gastrointestinal tract, on gut microbiota and tissue-resident immune cells and thereby gives insight into studies addressing its immune-modulating and anti-inflammatory effects for possible use as treatment against inflammation- and age-related diseases, as well as cancer. Current knowledge of metfo...

To read the full abstract: J Clin Invest 2019;129:5187–5203.In brief: This report establishes inhibition of salt-inducible kinases as a central mechanism by which the parathyroid hormone 1 receptor (PTH1R) exerts its effects in both growth plate chondrocytes and osteoblasts/osteocytes during skeletal development, growth, and remodelling.Commentary</e...