Publications by authors named "M Munshi"

Objective: To assess prescribing trends of antidiabetes medications in the last year of life among older adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and explore whether frailty is associated with differential prescribing.

Research Design And Methods: In this observational cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥67 years (2015-2019) with T2D, we assessed temporal trends in prescribing an antidiabetes medication, stratified by frailty. The main outcome included antidiabetes medication fills within 1 year of death.

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Objectives: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and prediabetes are associated with poor walking endurance, a marker of physical function. We aimed to examine the long-term effects of metformin or intensive lifestyle intervention in adults at high risk of T2D on their 6-min walk test (6MWT) performance.

Methods: Participants were randomized in the 3-year Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) to one of the three groups: lifestyle intervention, metformin, or placebo, and were subsequently followed in the DPP Outcomes Study.

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Radical-directed protein fragmentation techniques, particularly free radical-initiated peptide sequencing (FRIPS) mass spectrometry (MS), offer significant potential for elucidating protein structures in the gas phase. This study presents a novel approach to protein structural analysis in vacuo, combining FRIPS MS with genetic code expansion (GCE) technology. By incorporating unnatural amino acids (UAAs) at specific sites within an Affibody protein, we effectively introduced a radical precursor at six distinct positions.

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Article Synopsis
  • Mitochondrial disease is a rare condition currently lacking approved treatments, with sonlicromanol being a promising candidate that modifies key metabolic and inflammatory pathways.
  • A Phase 2b study was conducted to evaluate sonlicromanol's safety and efficacy in adults with a specific genetic mutation, involving both a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and a long-term extension study.
  • While the primary endpoint of the RCT didn't show significant results, there were indications of improvement in certain cognitive and emotional assessments among patients who were more affected at baseline.
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