Sodium-glucose cotransporter inhibitors : beyond glycaemic control
Vergara, Ander (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Jacobs-Cachá, Conxita (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Soler, María José (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Institut de Recerca)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Date:	2019
Abstract:	Diabetes increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular and renal events. Recently, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have been demonstrated to reduce cardiovascular complications and slow diabetic kidney disease progression in patients with type 2 diabetes. The glycaemic control exerted by these drugs is not greater than the one achieved with other classical glucose-lowering medications such as sulphonylureas. For that reason, plausible renoprotective mechanisms independent from glycaemic control have been proposed such as blood pressure control, body weight loss, intraglomerular pressure reduction and a decrease in urinary proximal tubular injury biomarkers. Interestingly, the hypothesis that SGLT2 inhibitors have a direct renoprotective effect has been addressed in diabetic and non-diabetic models. In this editorial, we update the different postulated mechanisms involved in the cardiorenal protection afforded by SGLT2 inhibition in chronic kidney disease.
Grants:	Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI17/00257
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Ressenya ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Chronic kidney disease ; Diabetic nephropathy ; SGLT2 ; Type 2 diabetes
Published in:	Clinical Kidney Journal, Vol. 12 (march 2019) , p. 322-325, ISSN 2048-8513

DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfz019
PMID: 31198226

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