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Empagliflozin

恩格列淨
Mechanism of action:
Empagliflozin 是一種鈉-葡萄糖共轉運蛋白 2 抑制劑(SGLT2 inhibitor)。在正常情況下,腎臟會將過濾出的葡萄糖幾乎全部重新吸收,約 90% 的這些葡萄糖會經由近曲小管上皮細胞的 SGLT2 吸收,剩餘 10% 由 SGLT1 吸收。Empagliflozin 可抑制 SGLT2 的功能,阻止葡萄糖重新吸收,使尿糖排泄增加。
Reference(s):
1. Scheen AJ et al. (2015). Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and clinical use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. Clin Pharmacokinet.
2. Gangadharan Komala M et al. (2014). Empagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol.
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