Renal sodium–glucose transport: role in diabetes mellitus and potential clinical implications
Renal sodium–glucose transport: role in diabetes mellitus and potential clinical implications
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Basingstoke: Elsevier Inc
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The kidneys play a major role in the regulation of glucose in humans, reabsorbing 99% of the plasma glucose that filters through the renal glomeruli tubules. The glucose transporter, SGLT2, which is found primarily in the S1 segment of the proximal renal tubule, is essential to this process, accounting for 90% of the glucose reabsorption in the kid...
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Renal sodium–glucose transport: role in diabetes mellitus and potential clinical implications
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67314465
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67314465
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0085-2538
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1523-1755
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10.1038/ki.2009.87
