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. 2023 Dec 20;14:1281107. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1281107

Table 4.

Studies included in this narrative review.

A: Original research articles
Author (Ref) Publication year Study design Main findings
Cherney et al. (15) 2020 RCT
Dpagliflozin
No reduction in proteinuria. Reversible decline of eGFR.
Heerspink et al. (16) 2016 RCT
Dapagliflozin
Reduction in albuminuria independent of changes in HbA1c, systolic blood pressure, bodyweight and eGFR.
Nojima et al. (17) 2020 RCT Tofogliflozin Lowered heart rate, improved insulin resistance.
Cherney et al. (18) 2014
Dapagliflozin
Attenuation of renal hyperfiltration.
Van Bommel et al. (19) 2020 RCT
Dapagliflozin
Reduction of GFR in patients with DM.
Li et al. (20) 2020
Canagliflozin
Reduced urinary pH indicate blockade of sodium-proton-exchanger 3
Rajasekeran et al. (21) 2018 Dapagliflozin Decreased expression of SGLT2 mRNA in patients with FSGS
Antlanger et al. (22) 2022 RCT
Empagliflozin
Empagliflozin on top of an Angiotensin-Converting-Enzyme-Inhibitor (ACEi) induced activation of the vasodilating and anti-inflammatory alternative pathways in diabetic patients.
Yoshimoto et al. (23) 2017 Case study Limited effect of SGLT2i to activate RAAS in diabetic patients.
Heise et al. (24) 2016 RCT
Empagliflozin
No changes in plasma renin or serum aldosterone.
Heerspink et al. (25) 2013 RCT
Dapagliflozin
Increase of hematocrit and hemoglobin.
Laursen et al. (26) 2021 RCT
Dapagliflozin
Reduciton of renal resistance.
Liu et al. (27) 2021 RCT Ertugliflozin Reduction of kidney injury molecule 1.
Dekkers et al. (28) 2018 RCT
Dapagliflozin
Reducito of kidney injury molecule 1.
Wang et al. (29) 2017 Case control Increased expression of SGLT2 mRNA and protein in biopsies from patients with type 2 DM and CKD.
Rahmoune et al. (30) 2005 Case control Increased expression of SGLT2 mRNA and protein, in renal tubular cells in urine samples from diabetic patients.
Solini et al. (31) 2017 Case control Increased expression of SGLT2 mRNA and protein in nondiabetic patients.
Sridhar et al. (32) 2019 Cross control Reduced renal SGLT2 mRNA expression in diabetic patients.
B: Reviews including diabetic patients
Author (Ref) Publication year Main findings
Vallon et al. ( 14 ) 2021 Upregulation of SGLT2 in diabetic CKD.
Upregulation of Sodium-Hydrogen-Exchanger type 3 (NHE3).
Zhao et al. (33) 2018 Reduction of plasma uric acid.
Gillard et al. (34) 2020 Hyperglycemia increases urinary inflammatory markers and may lead to RAAS activation.
Rocha et al. (35) 2018 Reduction of blood pressure reduction without compensatory increase in heart rate.
Liu et al. (36) 2022 Restoration of TGF.
Kanduri et al. (37) 2020 Restoration of TGF. Downregulation of NHE3.
Packer ( 38 ) 2021 Upregulating of oxygen delivery and downregulation of oxygen demand.
Gnudi et al. (39) 2016 Restoration of TGF. Increased vasodilating and anti-inflammatory alternative pathways.
Packer ( 40 ) 2020 Stimulation of transcription factors resulting in ketogenesis, erythropoiesis and autophagia.
Brown et al. (41) 2019 Reduced blood glucose, reduced secretion of insulin and increased secretion of glucagon.
Ito et al. (42) 2018 Reduced oxygen consumption due to ketogenesis.
Hesp et al. (43) 2020 Enhanced energy consumption through upregulation of SGLT2.
Packer ( 44 ) 2020 Reduction of blood and urine biomarkers of autophagic proteins.
Yaribeygi et al. (45) 2018 Reduction of the inflammatory response.
Packer ( 46 ) 2020 Downregulation of SGLT2 and NHE3. Activation of transcription factors promoting autophagia.
Hattori ( 47 ) 2021 Restoration of TGF. Increased keton bodies. Inhibition of histone deacetylases and inflammasomes.
Gilbert ( 48 ) 2014 Reduction of plasma uric acid.
Cherney et al. (49) 2014 Better blood pressure control.
Heerspink et al. (50) 2016 Elevated RAAS metabolites in urine and blood from the vasoconstrictive and pro-inflammatory classical and vasodilating and anti-inflammatory alternative pathways.
Satirapoj (51) 2017 Reduction of inflammatory, oxidative, and fibrotic markers.
Van Bommel et al. (52) 2017 Multiple mechanisms underlying the nephroprotective effects.
Thomas et al. (53) 2018 Changes in solute, water and energy balance in the proximal tubule following SGLT2 inhibition.
Tsimihodimos et al. (54) 2018 Improvements in several pathways and metabolic variables.
Alicic et al. (55) 2019 Reduced glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertension.
Kuriyama (56) 2019 Attenuation of renal fluid congestion.
Sarafidis et al. (57) 2019 Amelioration of glomerular hyperfiltration.
Thomson et al. (58) 2019 Reduction of SGLT2 veractivity.
Hou et al. (59) 2020 Restoration of TGF. Arteriole constriction by adenosine and efferent arteriole dilatation by prostaglandins.
Kashihara et al. (60) 2020 Multiple mechanisms.
Packer ( 61 ) 2020 Upregulation of “starvation” transcription factors with increased ketogenesis.
Schnell et al. (62) 2020 Restoration of TGF.
Zelniker et al. (63) 2020 Multiple hemodynamic and metabolic changes.
Lee et al. (64) 2021 Multiple mechanisms including hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic mechanisms.
Onyali et al. (65) 2021 Benefits are independent of glycemic control.
Puglisi et al. (66) 2021 Increased angiotensin1-7.
Leoncini et al. (67) 2021 Multiple mechanisms.
Din et al. (68) 2021 Multiple mechanisms.
Provenzano et al. (69) 2021 Restoration of TGF.
Srinivas et al. (70) 2021 Reduction of interstitial fluid instead
Castañeda et al. (71) 2021 Attenuation of hyperfiltration.
Takata et al. (72) 2021 Pleiotropic effects.
C: Reviews including diabetic and nondiabetic patients
Author (Ref) Publication year Main findings
Pollock et al. (73) 2021 Multiple mechanisms.
Bailey ( 74 ) 2019 Reduction of plasma uric acid. Glucose and uric acid compete with the same transporter.
Yip et al. (75) 2022 Reduction of serum uric acid.
Dekkers et al. (76) 2018 Amelioration of glomerular hyperfiltration.
Nayak et al. (77) 2021 Inhibition of NHE3 plays an essential role in TGF activation in nondiabetics. Increased plasma and urinary ketones in nondiabetic patients.
Dekkers et al. (78) 2020 Restoration of TGF in type 1 DM.
Rajasekeran et al. (79) 2017 Natriuretic effects extend to nondiabetic CKD.
Ekanayake et al. (80) 2022 Lipolysis and ketogenesis. Ketones improve renal tissue oxygenation and show anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties.
Herrington et al. (81) 2021 Reduction of intraglomerular hypertension in CKD.
Oguz et al. (82) 2021 Amelioration of single nephron GFR.