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SUBMITTER: Aires I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4438413 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aires Inês I Santos Ana Rita AR Pratas Jorge J Nolasco Fernando F Calado Joaquim J
Clinical kidney journal 20131001 5
Familial renal glucosuria is a rare co-dominantly inherited benign phenotype characterized by the presence of glucose in the urine. It is caused by mutations in the SLC5A2 gene that encodes SGLT2, the Na(+)-glucose cotransporter responsible for the reabsorption of the bulk of glucose in the proximal tubule. We report a case of FRG displaying both severe glucosuria and renal hypouricaemia. We hypothesize that glucosuria can disrupt urate reabsorption in the proximal tubule, directly causing hyper ...[more]