A review of the mechanism of action, metabolic profile and haemodynamic effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors

Brown, Emily, Rajeev, Surya P, Cuthbertson, Daniel J ORCID: 0000-0002-6128-0822 and Wilding, John PH ORCID: 0000-0003-2839-8404 (2019) A review of the mechanism of action, metabolic profile and haemodynamic effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors. DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM, 21 (S2). pp. 9-18.

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Abstract

Inhibition of glucose transport in the kidney, to produce glucosuria and thus directly lower blood glucose seems a remarkably simple way to treat diabetes (type 1 or type 2). The development of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and their subsequent clinical development has on one hand shown this to be true, but at another level has helped reveal a complex web of interacting effects starting in the kidney and modulating multiple metabolic pathways in a variety of other organs. These underlie the now clear benefits of this class of drugs in the management of type 2 diabetes from glucose lowering, weight loss and blood pressure reduction through to the reductions in cardiovascular and renal complications observed in long-term outcomes trials. They also explain some of the adverse effects that have emerged, including the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis. This review describes the effects of SGLT2 inhibition in relation to this complex physiology, and shows how this can favourably alter the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	anti-diabetic drug, clinical physiology, type 2 diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitor
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2021 14:58
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:37
DOI:	10.1111/dom.13650
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3128572

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