Evidence mapPaperPMID 40943149Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Diabetic Kidney Disease: From Pathophysiology to Regression of Albuminuria and Kidney Damage: Is It Possible?

Georgia Doumani, Panagiotis Theofilis, Aikaterini Vordoni, Vasileios Thymis, George Liapis, Despina Smirloglou, Rigas G Kalaitzidis

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Multidimensional mechanisms of quercetin in diabetic kidney disease.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
    Review
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

7 authors.

Georgia DoumaniCenter for Nephrology "G. Papadakis", General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus "Ag. Panteleimon", 18454 Nikaia, Greece.
Panagiotis TheofilisCenter for Nephrology "G. Papadakis", General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus "Ag. Panteleimon", 18454 Nikaia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9260-6306
Aikaterini VordoniCenter for Nephrology "G. Papadakis", General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus "Ag. Panteleimon", 18454 Nikaia, Greece.
Vasileios ThymisCenter for Nephrology "G. Papadakis", General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus "Ag. Panteleimon", 18454 Nikaia, Greece.ORCID 0009-0002-6287-4160
George Liapis1st Department of Pathology Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Laikon Hospital, 11627 Athens, Greece.
Despina SmirloglouCenter for Nephrology "G. Papadakis", General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus "Ag. Panteleimon", 18454 Nikaia, Greece.ORCID 0009-0004-0575-3762
Rigas G KalaitzidisCenter for Nephrology "G. Papadakis", General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus "Ag. Panteleimon", 18454 Nikaia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7773-7575

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) poses an increasingly high global health burden nowadays, while in adults, chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with DM impacts 20-40% of those with the condition. Effective management of CKD in patients with diabetes necessitates a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach. Numerous factors, including glomerular hyperfiltration, oxidative stress, inflammation, and hypoxia are linked to the advancement of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Currently, no specific treatment for DKD has been established, prompting extensive exploration of new approaches. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors have demonstrated renoprotective effects in various human clinical trials. Additionally, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have been reported as effective in managing DKD, while new therapeutic candidates are also under investigation, such as soluble guanylate cyclase activators and aldosterone synthase inhibitors. Recent evidence has shown that treating diabetic nephropathy by reducing albuminuria levels and retarding its progression is a complex skill. The purpose of this review is to support the impressive results that appear in reducing albuminuria and the progression of diabetic nephropathy with early and intensive combination treatment compared to the recently emerged conventional monotherapy, with agents that act on different pathophysiological mechanisms.

Indexed as

AlbuminuriaDiabetic NephropathiesAnimalsHumansKidneyRenin-Angiotensin Systemalbuminuriaaldosterone synthase inhibitorschronic kidney diseasecombination treatmentglucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonistsmineralocorticoid receptor antagonistsrenin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitorsSGLT2 inhibitorstype 2 diabetes mellitus

Identifiers

PMID40943149
PMCPMC12427747

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
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.