SGLT2 inhibitors: physiology and pharmacology

EM Wright - Kidney360, 2021 - journals.lww.com
SGLTs are sodium glucose transporters found on the luminal membrane of the proximal
tubule, where they reabsorb some 180 g (1 mol) of glucose from the glomerular filtrate each …

Renal, metabolic and cardiovascular considerations of SGLT2 inhibition

RA DeFronzo, L Norton, M Abdul-Ghani - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2017 - nature.com
The kidney has a pivotal role in maintaining glucose homeostasis by using glucose as a
metabolic fuel, by producing glucose through gluconeogenesis, and by reabsorbing all …

The mechanisms and therapeutic potential of SGLT2 inhibitors in diabetes mellitus

V Vallon - Annual review of medicine, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The kidneys in normoglycemic humans filter 160–180 g of glucose per day (∼ 30% of daily
calorie intake), which is reabsorbed and returned to the systemic circulation by the proximal …

[HTML][HTML] Glucose dynamics and mechanistic implications of SGLT2 inhibitors in animals and humans

JF List, JM Whaley - Kidney International, 2011 - Elsevier
Glucose is freely filtered in the glomeruli before being almost entirely reabsorbed into
circulation from the proximal renal tubules. The sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) …

Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiovascular outcomes

C Foote, V Perkovic, B Neal - Diabetes and Vascular …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Glucose in the glomerular ultrafiltrate is actively reabsorbed by sodium glucose transporters
(SGLT) in the proximal tubule. The SGLT2 protein is a high capacity molecule responsible …

Sodium glucose co‐transporter 2 inhibitors: blocking renal tubular reabsorption of glucose to improve glycaemic control in patients with diabetes

SA Jabbour, BJ Goldstein - International journal of clinical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The kidney plays a central role in the regulation of plasma glucose levels,
although until recently this has not been widely appreciated or considered a target for …

[HTML][HTML] The actions of SGLT2 inhibitors on metabolism, renal function and blood pressure

MC Thomas, DZI Cherney - Diabetologia, 2018 - Springer
Inhibition of the sodium–glucose cotransporter (SGLT) 2 in the proximal tubule of the kidney
has a broad range of effects on renal function and plasma volume homeostasis, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] SGLT2 inhibitors: molecular design and potential differences in effect

M Isaji - Kidney International, 2011 - Elsevier
The physiological and pathological handling of glucose via sodium–glucose cotransporter-2
(SGLT2) in the kidneys has been evolving, and SGLT2 inhibitors have been focused upon …

SGLT2 inhibition—a novel strategy for diabetes treatment

EC Chao, RR Henry - Nature reviews drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Inhibiting sodium–glucose co-transporters (SGLTs), which have a key role in the
reabsorption of glucose in the kidney, has been proposed as a novel therapeutic strategy for …

Why do SGLT2 inhibitors inhibit only 30–50% of renal glucose reabsorption in humans?

J Liu, TW Lee, RA DeFronzo - Diabetes, 2012 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition is a novel and promising treatment for
diabetes under late-stage clinical development. It generally is accepted that SGLT2 …