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SUBMITTER: Yin WL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136364 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders 20200317 4
This review examines the available literature on the effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) on renal outcomes in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is an important cause of end-stage renal disease requiring renal replacement therapy, and diabetic kidney disease is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). GLP-1RAs are proven to be safe in terms of CVD, and some of them have been shown to have a beneficial effect on cardiovascular outcomes. The effect of ...[more]