Beyond glycemic control: The pleiotropic potential of SGLT-2 inhibitors

Year 2025, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 99 - 101, 29.10.2025

Selma Sezen

https://doi.org/10.61845/agrimedical.1811202

Abstract

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Keywords

SGLT-2 inhibitors , pleiotropic effect , phlorizin , renoprotective , cardioprotective

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Glisemik kontrolün ötesinde: SGLT-2 inhibitörlerinin pleiotropik potansiyeli

Abstract

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Keywords

SGLT-2 inhibitörleri , pleyotropik etki , florizin , böbrek koruyucu , kalp koruyucu

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