Evidence mapPaperPMID 40297470Full record

ArticleKidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland)

Preservation of Urinary Podocyte Markers in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Therapy.

Chuanlei Li, Jack Kit-Chung Ng, Gordon Chun-Kau Chan, Winston Wing-Shing Fung, Kai-Ming Chow, Cheuk-Chun Szeto

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Kidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
field-weighted citation impact
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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
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

6 authors.

Chuanlei LiCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Jack Kit-Chung NgCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Gordon Chun-Kau ChanCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Winston Wing-Shing FungCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Kai-Ming ChowCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
Cheuk-Chun SzetoCarol and Richard Yu Peritoneal Dialysis Research Centre, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) is a standard treatment for kidney and cardiovascular protection in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). We investigated the effect of SGLT2i on the urinary podocyte-associated molecule levels in DKD. Methods: We studied 24 DKD patients who were started on SGLT2i treatment and 25 patients who were not treated (control group). Urinary levels of podocyte-associated molecules, their corresponding mRNA levels in urinary sediment, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and urine albumin-creatinine ratio (UACR) were measured at baseline and 3 months later. Results: Urinary levels of podocin, podocalyxin, and synaptopodin increased significantly over 3 months in the control group, while the levels remained static in the treatment group. After 3 months of treatment, urinary podocin (2.95 [0.92-5.45] vs. 9.15 [1.88-24.80] ng/μmol-Cr, Conclusion: SGLT2i prevents the progressive increase in the urinary excretion of podocyte-specific molecules in DKD patients, suggesting that SGLT2 inhibitors have a protective effect on the podocytes.

Indexed as

Chronic kidney diseasePodocyteProteinuria

Identifiers

PMID40297470
PMCPMC12037159

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.