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SUBMITTER: Sakashita M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8301131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sakashita Midori M Tanaka Tetsuhiro T Inagi Reiko R
Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 20210719 7
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a major cause of end-stage kidney disease, and it is crucial to understand the pathophysiology of DKD. The control of blood glucose levels by various glucose-lowering drugs, the common use of inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system, and the aging of patients with diabetes can alter the disease course of DKD. Moreover, metabolic changes and associated atherosclerosis play a major role in the etiology of DKD. The pathophysiology of DKD is largely attributed to t ...[more]