Impacts of Diabetes and an SGLT2 Inhibitor on the Glomerular Number and Volume in db/db Mice, as Estimated by Synchrotron Radiation Micro-CT at SPring-8Research in context
Background: Recent large-scale clinical studies demonstrate that sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors protect the diabetic kidney. However, clinical and animal studies have not shown the changes of the total glomeruli in the whole kidney treated with SGLT2 inhibitors. Methods: We perfor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-10-01
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Series: | EBioMedicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418304079 |