A member of the class of thiazolidenediones that is 1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dione substituted by a benzyl group at position 5 which in turn is substituted by a 2-(5-ethylpyridin-2-yl)ethoxy group at position 4 of the phenyl ring. It exhibits hypoglycemic activity. (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology, CHEBI_8228)
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22 genes co-occuring with the biological term pioglitazone in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.