Rat Study Explores Sex Differences in Type2 Diabetes-related Kidney Disease

Article title: Sexual dimorphism in the progression of type 2 diabetic kidney disease in T2DN rats

Authors: Denisha R. Spires, Oleg Palygin, Vladislav Levchenko, Elena Isaeva, Christine A. Klemens, Sherif Khedr, Oksana Nikolaienko, Alison J. Kriegel, Xi Cheng, Ji-Youn Yeo, Bina Joe, Alexander Staruschenko

From the authors: “The present study details the pathophysiological disparities between the sexes in the progression of the non-obese type 2 diabetic rat model with [diabetic nephropathy].” 

This study is highlighted as one of June’s “best of the best” as part of the American Physiological Society's APSselect program.