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💥How do SGLT2 Inhibitors work?
💥How does an anti-diabetic drug improve Renal & Cardiovascular outcomes?
💥To understand this let’s first review:
⚡️Renal handling of glucose
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@RenalFellowNtwk
#NephJC
#SGLT2
#CREDENCE
💥Renal handling of glucose:
⚡️180 g of glucose is filtered thru the glomeruli every day
(180 L x 100mg/dL)
⚡️But all the glucose is completely reabsorbed
⚡️Renal reabsorption of glucose occurs thru transporters in the proximal tubule called SGLT
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💥Sodium-Glucose Co-transporters (SGLT)
⚡️There are many 👇🏽
⚡️Not all of them are located in the kidney👇🏽
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