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ArticleDiabetologia2021

Dapagliflozin reduces thrombin generation and platelet activation: implications for cardiovascular risk reduction in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Christina Kohlmorgen, Stephen Gerfer, Kathrin Feldmann, Sören Twarock, Sonja Hartwig, Stefan Lehr, Meike Klier, Irena Krüger, Carolin Helten, Petra Keul and 9 more

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Article in Diabetologia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christina KohlmorgenInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Stephen GerferInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6568-6766
Kathrin FeldmannInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sören TwarockInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sonja HartwigInstitute for Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5225-6804
Stefan LehrInstitute for Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3971-357X
Meike KlierDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Experimental Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University Medical Center, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Irena KrügerDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Experimental Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University Medical Center, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8451-4188
Carolin HeltenCardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf (CARID), Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Petra KeulInstitute for Molecular Medicine III and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sabine KahlGerman Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany.
Amin PolzinCardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf (CARID), Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Margitta ElversDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Experimental Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University Medical Center, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Ulrich FlögelCardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf (CARID), Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Malte KelmCardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf (CARID), Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0060-1052
Bodo LevkauInstitute for Molecular Medicine III and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0005-125X
Michael RodenGerman Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), München-Neuherberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8200-6382
Jens W FischerInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Maria GrandochInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital of Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. maria.grandoch@hhu.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4382-1947
Düsseldorf University Hospital · DEDeutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aims/hypothesisPeople with diabetes have an increased cardiovascular risk with an accelerated development of atherosclerosis and an elevated mortality rate after myocardial infarction. Therefore, cardioprotective effects of glucose-lowering therapies are of major importance for the pharmacotherapy of individuals with type 2 diabetes. For sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is), in addition to a reduction in blood glucose, beneficial effects on atherosclerosis, obesity, renal function and blood pressure have been observed. Recent results showed a reduced risk of worsening heart failure and cardiovascular deaths under dapagliflozin treatment irrespective of the diabetic state. However, the underlying mechanisms are yet unknown. Platelets are known drivers of atherosclerosis and atherothrombosis and disturbed platelet activation has also been suggested to occur in type 2 diabetes. Therefore, the present study investigates the impact of the SGLT2i dapagliflozin on the interplay between platelets and inflammation in atherogenesis.

methodsMale, 8-week-old LDL-receptor-deficient (Ldlr

resultsDapagliflozin treatment ameliorated atherosclerotic lesion development, reduced circulating platelet-leucocyte aggregates (glycoprotein [GP]Ib CONCLUSIONS/

interpretationWe demonstrate that dapagliflozin-mediated atheroprotection in mice is driven by elevated HDL-cholesterol and ameliorated thrombin-platelet-mediated inflammation without interfering with haemostasis. This glucose-independent mechanism likely contributes to dapagliflozin's beneficial cardiovascular risk profile.

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AdultAnimalsBenzhydryl CompoundsBlood GlucoseBlood PlateletsCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterol, HDLCoronary Artery DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFlow CytometryGlucosidesHealthy VolunteersHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleBenzhydryl CompoundsBlood GlucoseCholesterol, HDLdapagliflozinGlucosidesP-SelectinSELP protein, humanSodium-Glucose Transporter 2 InhibitorsThrombinAtherosclerosisCardiovascularDapagliflozinHDL-cholesterolHeart failurePlateletsP-Selectin (CD62P)Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitorsThrombin

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