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SUBMITTER: Scholtes RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026736 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scholtes Rosalie A RA van Baar Michaël J B MJB Kok Megan D MD Bjornstad Petter P Cherney David Z I DZI Joles Jaap A JA van Raalte Daniël H DH
Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) 20210104 5
Diabetic kidney disease remains the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease and a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Large cardiovascular outcome trials and dedicated kidney trials have shown that sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT)2 inhibitors reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and attenuate hard renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Underlying mechanisms explaining these renal benefits may be mediated by decreased glomerular hypertension, possibly by va ...[more]