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SUBMITTER: Liu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595165 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Jiang J Tian Jiang J Sodhi Komal K Shapiro Joseph I JI
The Journal of membrane biology 20210723 5-6
In different large-scale clinic outcome trials, sodium (Na<sup>+</sup>)/glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors showed profound cardiac- and renal-protective effects, making them revolutionary treatments for heart failure and kidney disease. Different theories are proposed according to the emerging protective effects other than the original purpose of glucose-lowering in diabetic patients. As the ATP-dependent primary ion transporter providing the Na<sup>+</sup> gradient to drive other Na<su ...[more]