[Type 2 diabetes and anti-inflammatory agents: new therapeutic prospects?].

It is now well accepted that a chronic, low-grade inflammation is observed in abdominal obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and that pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress play a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. These new findings raise the question of whether antiinflammatory strategies may have a place in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. This review article describes the results obtained in studies on patients with metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes aiming to test the metabolic effect of anti-inflammatory (salicylates, antagonists of interleukine-1, antagonists of tumor necrosis factor-alpha) and anti-oxydants (succinobucol) drugs.