Pioglitazone increases insulin sensitivity, reduces blood glucose, insulin, and lipid levels, and lowers blood pressure, in obese, insulin-resistant rhesus monkeys. - Kemnitz,J.W.; Elson,D.F.; Roecker,E.B.; Baum,S.T.; Bergman,R.N.; Meglasson,M.D. (Diabetes, 1994)