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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cornell S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4404882 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Therapeutics and clinical risk management 20150416
Diabetes is a complex and progressive disease that has a major societal and economic impact. The most common form of diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is a multifactorial disease, the pathophysiology of which involves not only the pancreas but also the liver, skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, gastrointestinal tract, brain, and kidney. Novel therapies with mechanisms of action that are different from most existing drugs are emerging. One such class consists of compounds that inhibit renal ...[more]