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Benoit Viollet

Researcher at University of Paris

Publications -  379
Citations -  45591

Benoit Viollet is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: AMPK & AMP-activated protein kinase. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 358 publications receiving 39666 citations. Previous affiliations of Benoit Viollet include Pasteur Institute & Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

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AMPK and mTOR regulate autophagy through direct phosphorylation of Ulk1

TL;DR: A molecular mechanism for regulation of the mammalian autophagy-initiating kinase Ulk1, a homologue of yeast ATG1, is demonstrated and a signalling mechanism for UlK1 regulation and autophagic induction in response to nutrient signalling is revealed.
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of metformin: an overview

TL;DR: Emerging new therapeutic areas for metformin will be reviewed together with recent findings from pharmacogenetic studies linking genetic variations to drug response, a promising new step towards personalized medicine in the treatment of T2D.
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Metformin inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis in mice independently of the LKB1/AMPK pathway via a decrease in hepatic energy state

TL;DR: It is found that in mice lacking AMPK in the liver, blood glucose levels were comparable to those in wild-type mice, and the hypoglycemic effect of metformin was maintained, demonstrating that met formin inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis in an LKB1- and AMPK-independent manner via a decrease in hepatic energy state.
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Metformin: From Mechanisms of Action to Therapies

TL;DR: Convincing data place energy metabolism at the center of metformin's mechanism of action in diabetes and may also be of importance in cardiovascular diseases and cancer.