The Journal of the Association of Physicians of Tamil Nadu Issue 2
Diabetic nephropathy - current perspectives



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Available Online: August 2020
ABSTRACT
Diabetic nephropathy could even be a clinical syndrome characterized by persistent albuminuria. The risk for the event of diabetic nephropathy is low in a normo-albuminuric patient with diabetes, a duration of more than 30 years.But Patients who don't have proteinuria even for about 25 years have a risk of developing the overt renal disease of about approximately 1% annually.Apart from Albuminuria and Non-Albuminuria Diabetes renal disorder, Tubular biomarkers are reported as predictors of diabetes renal disorder. Hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes may play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. New guidelines say metformin is often continued right rightright down to an eGFR of 30 mL/min, adjusting the dose. A recent study says,Crosstalk exists between tubular epithelial cells and glomerular endothelial cells in diabetic renal disorder, and it plays a task.
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