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New data from the LEADER trial show that the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist liraglutide protects against diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The
renoprotective efficacy of liraglutide is not, however, as great as that reported for the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor emplagiflozin in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial. Access through
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Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410013, China Berthold Hocher * Institute of Nutritional Science, University
of Potsdam, 14558, Nuthetal-Potsdam, Germany Oleg Tsuprykov Authors * Berthold Hocher View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Oleg Tsuprykov
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consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim on the development of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) inhibitors and has received research funding from this company for investigation of the renal effects
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