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SUBMITTER: Patel DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7139394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patel Devang M DM Bose Madhura M Cooper Mark E ME
International journal of molecular sciences 20200323 6
The major clinical associations with the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) are glycemic control and systemic hypertension. Recent studies have continued to emphasize vasoactive hormone pathways including aldosterone and endothelin which suggest a key role for vasoconstrictor pathways in promoting renal damage in diabetes. The role of glucose per se remains difficult to define in DKD but appears to involve key intermediates including reactive oxygen species (ROS) and dicarbonyls such a ...[more]