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Targeting Diabetic Atherosclerosis: The Role of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists, SGLT2 Inhibitors, and Nonsteroidal Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Vascular Protection and Disease Modulation.

Merita Rroji, Nereida Spahia, Andreja Figurek, Goce Spasovski

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Cardiovascular disease burden in children with obesity: A narrative review.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Merita RrojiDepartment of Nephrology, University of Medicine Tirana, 1001 Tirana, Albania.ORCID 0000-0003-1048-2579
Nereida SpahiaDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital Center Mother Tereza, 1001 Tirana, Albania.
Andreja FigurekInstitute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3766-0312
Goce SpasovskiDepartment of Nephrology, University Sts. Cyril and Methodius, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a closely related complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), driven by endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress. The progression of atherosclerosis is accelerated by hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, and hyperlipidemia. Novel antidiabetic agents, SGLT2 inhibitors, and GLP-1 agonists improve glycemic control and offer cardiovascular protection, reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and heart failure hospitalization. These agents, along with nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (nsMRAs), promise to mitigate metabolic disorders and their impact on endothelial function, oxidative stress, and inflammation. This review explores the potential molecular mechanisms through which these drugs may prevent the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD), supported by a summary of preclinical and clinical evidence.

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atherosclerosisdiabetic kidney diseaseendothelial dysfunctioninflammationoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID40149704
PMCPMC11940462

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