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ReviewWorld journal of diabetes2017

Effects of glycaemic management on diabetic kidney disease.

Richard J MacIsaac, George Jerums, Elif I Ekinci

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Review in World journal of diabetes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Extrapolated longer-term effects of the DAPA-CKD trial: a modelling analysis.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2023
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  3. A Microsimulation-Based Approach for Mitigating Societal Bias in Chronic Kidney Disease Data.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2026
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  8. A microsimulation-based framework for mitigating societal bias in primary care data.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Richard J MacIsaacRichard J MacIsaac, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia.
George JerumsRichard J MacIsaac, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia.
Elif I EkinciRichard J MacIsaac, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia.
St Vincent's Hospital · AUCreative Research Enterprises (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperglycaemia contributes to the onset and progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Observational studies have not consistently demonstrated a glucose threshold, in terms of HbA1c levels, for the onset of DKD. Tight glucose control has clearly been shown to reduce the incidence of micro- or macroalbuminuria. However, evidence is now also emerging to suggest that intensive glucose control can slow glomerular filtration rate loss and possibly progression to end stage kidney disease. Achieving tight glucose control needs to be balanced against the increasing appreciation that glucose targets for the prevention of diabetes related complications need be individualised for each patient. Recently, empagliflozin which is an oral glucose lowering agent of the sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor class has been shown to have renal protective effects. However, the magnitude of empagliflozin's reno-protective properties are over and above that expected from its glucose lowering effects and most likely largely result from mechanisms involving alterations in intra-renal haemodynamics. Liraglutide and semaglutide, both injectable glucose lowering agents which are analogues of human glucagon like peptide-1 have also been shown to reduce progression to macroalbuminuria through mechanisms that remain to be fully elucidated. Here we review the evidence from observational and interventional studies that link good glucose control with improved renal outcomes. We also briefly review the potential reno-protective effects of newer glucose lowering agents.

Indexed as

AlbuminuriaChronic kidney diseaseDiabetesDiabetic nephropathyEmpagliflozinGlomerular filtration rateGlucose controlLiraglutideSemaglutide

Identifiers

PMID28572879
PMCPMC5437616
OpenAlexW2616068233

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