Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in the treatment of diabetes mellitus: cardiovascular and kidney effects, potential mechanisms, and clinical applications

HJL Heerspink, BA Perkins, DH Fitchett, M Husain… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, including empagliflozin, dapagliflozin,
and canagliflozin, are now widely approved antihyperglycemic therapies. Because of their …

Emerging role of SGLT-2 inhibitors for the treatment of obesity

MJ Pereira, JW Eriksson - Drugs, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are glucose-lowering drugs
that reduce plasma glucose levels by inhibiting glucose and sodium reabsorption in the …

Effects of dapagliflozin on human epicardial adipose tissue: modulation of insulin resistance, inflammatory chemokine production, and differentiation ability

E Díaz-Rodríguez, RM Agra… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims In patients with cardiovascular disease, epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is
characterized by insulin resistance, high pro-inflammatory chemokines, and low …

SGLT2 inhibitors as a therapeutic option for diabetic nephropathy

D Kawanami, K Matoba, Y Takeda, Y Nagai… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) worldwide.
Glycemic and blood pressure (BP) control are important but not sufficient to attenuate the …

Effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on the sympathetic nervous system and blood pressure

AJ Scheen - Current cardiology reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review Hyperactivity of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) plays a
role in the development of arterial hypertension and heart failure, two co-morbidities …

Inflammatory mechanisms of diabetes and its vascular complications

LV Nedosugova, YV Markina, LA Bochkareva… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The main cause of death in patients with type 2 DM is cardiovascular complications resulting
from the progression of atherosclerosis. The pathophysiology of the association between …

Dapagliflozin slows the progression of the renal and liver fibrosis associated with type 2 diabetes

L Tang, Y Wu, M Tian, CD Sjöström… - American Journal …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a new class of antidiabetic oral
agents indicating promising effects on cardiovascular and renal end points. However, the …

Increases in circulating levels of ketone bodies and cardiovascular protection with SGLT2 inhibitors: Is low‐grade inflammation the neglected component?

F Prattichizzo, V De Nigris, S Micheloni… - Diabetes, Obesity …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent clinical trials have demonstrated a strong cardiovascular (CV) protective effect of
sodium/glucose cotransporter (SGLT) 2 inhibitors, a recently introduced class of …

Effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors on blood pressure in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Li, T Yi, F Fan, L Qiu, Z Wang, H Weng, W Ma… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Recent studies have shown that sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
(SGLT2i) can achieve significant improvement in blood pressure in people with diabetes …

Effects of dapagliflozin on blood pressure in hypertensive diabetic patients on renin–angiotensin system blockade

MA Weber, TA Mansfield, F Alessi, N Iqbal… - Blood …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are risk factors for cardiovascular
disease. Dapagliflozin improves glycemic control and systolic blood pressure (SBP) in …