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SUBMITTER: Khan SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450405 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Sadaf S SS Quaggin Susan E SE
Current diabetes reports 20151201 12
Diabetic nephropathy is rapidly becoming the major cause of end-stage renal disease and cardiovascular mortality worldwide. Standard of care therapies include strict glycemic control and blockade of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis. While these treatments slow progression of diabetic nephropathy, they do not arrest or reverse it. Newer therapies targeting multiple molecular pathways involved in renal inflammation, fibrosis, and oxidative stress have shown promise in animal models. Subseque ...[more]