Publications
Clinical Studies
Circadian‐timed quick‐release bromocriptine lowers elevated resting heart rate in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Chamarthi B, Vinik A, Ezrokhi M, Cincotta AH. J Neuroendocrinol. Endocrinol Diab Metab. 2019;00:e00101. DOI: 10.1002/edm2.101
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Effect of bromocriptine-QR therapy on glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus whose dysglycemia is inadequately controlled on insulin.
Chamarthi B, Cincotta AH. Postgraduate Medicine 2017; DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2017.1315290.
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Bromocriptine-QR therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: developmental basis and therapeutic profile summary.
Raskin P, Cincotta AH. Expert Review of Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2016 11(2):113-148.
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Impact of bromocriptine-QR therapy on cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes mellitus subjects on metformin.
Chamarthi B, Ezrokhi M, Rutty D, Cincotta AH. Postgraduate Medicine 2016, 761-769; DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2016.1243003
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Timed Bromocriptine-QR Therapy Reduces Progression of Cardiovascular Disease and Dysglycemia in Subjects with Well-Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Chamarthi B, J. Gaziano JM, , Blonde L, Vinik AI, Scranton R, Ezrokhi M, Rutty D, Cincotta AH. J. Diabetes Res. 2015; Volume 2015, Article ID 157698.
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Impact of Bromocriptine-QR Therapy on Glycemic Control and Daily Insulin Requirement in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Subjects Whose Dysglycemia Is Poorly Controlled on High-Dose Insulin: A Pilot Study.
Roe ED, Chamarthi B, Raskin P. J Diabetes Res. 2015;2015:834903.
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Effect of bromocriptine-QR on glycemic control in subjects with uncontrolled hyperglycemia on one or two oral anti-diabetes agents.
Vinik AI, Cincotta AH, Scranton RE, Bohannon N, Ezrokhi M, Gaziano JM. Endocr Pract. 2012; 18(6):931-43
Effect of Bromocriptine-QR (a Quick-Release Formulation of Bromocriptine Mesylate) on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes Subjects.
Gaziano JM, Cincotta AH, Vinik A, Blonde L, Bohannon N, Scranton R. J Am Heart Assoc. 2012 Oct;1(5):e002279.
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Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Bromocriptine-QR when Added to Ongoing Thiazolidinedione Therapy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Florez H, Scranton R, Farwell WR, DeFronzo RA, Ezrokhi M, Gaziano JM, Cincotta AH. J Diabetes Metab 2011 2:142.
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Randomized clinical trial of quick-release bromocriptine among patients with type 2 diabetes on overall safety and cardiovascular outcomes.
Gaziano JM, Cincotta AH, O’Connor CM, Ezrokhi M, Rutty D, Ma ZJ, Scranton RE. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jul;33(7):1503-8.
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Bromocriptine–unique formulation of a dopamine agonist for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Scranton R, Cincotta A. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2010 Feb;11(2):269-79.
Pre-Clinical Studies
Time-of-Day-Dependent Effects of Bromocriptine to Ameliorate Vascular Pathology and Metabolic Syndrome in SHR Rats Held on High Fat Diet
Int. J. Mol. Sci.2021, 22(11), 6142; BY Michael Ezrokhi, Yahong Zhang, Shuqin Luo and Anthony H. Cincotta
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Activation State of the Supramammillary Nucleus Regulates Body Composition and Peripheral Fuel Metabolism
Neuroscience, Volume 466, 2021, Pages 125-147 BY Yahong Zhang, Carl Stoelzel, Michael Ezrokhi, Tsung-Huang Tsai, and Anthony H. Cincotta
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Experimental Dopaminergic Neuron Lesion at the Area of the Biological Clock Pacemaker, Suprachiasmatic Nuclei (SCN) Induces Metabolic Syndrome in Rats
Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2021 Jan 23;13(1):11. BY Shuqin Luo, Michael Ezrokhi, Nicholas Cominos, Tsung H. Tsai, Carl R. Stoelzel, Yelena Trubitsyna, Anthony H. Cincotta.
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Bromocriptine mesylate improves glucose tolerance and disposal in a high-fat-fed canine model.
Moore MC, Smith MS, Swift LL, Cincotta AH, Ezrokhi M, Cominos N, Zhang Y, Farmer B, Cherrington AD. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jul 1;319(1):E133-E145. DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00479.2019.
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Circadian-timed dopamine agonist treatment reverses high-fat diet-induced diabetogenic shift in ventromedial hypothalamic glucose sensing.
Stoelzel CR, Zhang Y, Cincotta AH. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab . 2020 May 7;3(3):e00139. DOI: 10.1002/edm2.139. eCollection 2020 Jul.
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Circadian peak dopaminergic activity response at the biological clock pacemaker (suprachiasmatic nucleus) area mediates the metabolic responsiveness to a high-fat diet.
Luo S, Zhang Y, Ezrokhi M, Li Y, Tsai TH, Cincotta AH. J Neuroendocrinol. 2018;30:e12563. DOI: 10.1111/jne.12563
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Neuroendocrine and metabolic components of dopamine agonist amelioration of metabolic syndrome in SHR rats.
Ezrokhi M, Luo S, Trubitsyna Y, Cincotta AH. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2014, 6:104
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Weighted Effects of Bromocriptine Treatment on Glucose Homeostasis during Hyperglycemic versus Euglycemic Clamp Conditions in Insulin Resistant Hamsters: Bromocriptine as a Unique Postprandial Insulin Sensitizer.
Ezrokhi M, Luo S, Trubitsyna Y, Cincotta AH. J Diabetes Metab. 2012 S2:007.
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Increased responsiveness to the hyperglycemic, hyperglucagonemic and hyperinsulinemic effects of circulating norepinephrine in ob/ob mice.
Liang Y, Cincotta AH. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 May;25(5):698-704.
Systemic treatment with sympatholytic dopamine agonists improves aberrant beta-cell hyperplasia and GLUT2, glucokinase, and insulin immunoreactive levels in ob/ob mice.
Jetton TL, Liang Y, Cincotta AH. Metabolism. 2001 Nov;50(11):1377-84.
Hypothalamic adrenergic receptor changes in the metabolic syndrome of genetically obese (ob/ob) mice.
Boundy VA, Cincotta AH. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2000 Aug;279(2):R505-14.
Increased responsiveness of ventromedial hypothalamic neurons to norepinephrine in obese versus lean mice: relation to the metabolic syndrome.
Kraszewski KZ, Cincotta AH. Int J Mol Med. 2000 Apr;5(4):349-55.
Biochemical mechanisms responsible for the attenuation of diabetic and obese conditions in ob/ob mice treated with dopaminergic agonists.
Scislowski PW, Tozzo E, Zhang Y, Phaneuf S, Prevelige R, Cincotta AH. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999 Apr;23(4):425-31.
Circadian rhythms regulate the expression of the thrifty genotype/phenotype.
Meier AH, Cincotta AH. Diabetes Rev 1996;4:464-487
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