PMID- 34577791 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210929 LR - 20211001 IS - 1648-9144 (Electronic) IS - 1010-660X (Print) IS - 1010-660X (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Aug 25 TI - The Aggressive Diabetic Kidney Disease in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Pathogenetic Mechanisms and Potential Therapies. LID - 10.3390/medicina57090868 [doi] LID - 868 AB - Youth-onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) represents a major burden worldwide. In the last decades, the prevalence of T2DM became higher than that of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), helped by the increasing rate of childhood obesity. The highest prevalence rates of youth-onset T2DM are recorded in China (520 cases/100,000) and in the United States (212 cases/100,000), and the numbers are still increasing. T2DM young people present a strong hereditary component, often unmasked by social and environmental risk factors. These patients are affected by multiple coexisting risk factors, including obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension, and inflammation. Juvenile T2DM nephropathy occurs earlier in life compared to T1DM-related nephropathy in children or T2DM-related nephropathy in adult. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is T2DM major long term microvascular complication. This review summarizes the main mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of the DKD in young population and the recent evolution of treatment, in order to reduce the risk of DKD progression. FAU - Amatruda, Michela AU - Amatruda M AD - Unit of Pediatric Nephrology with Dialysis, AOU Policlinic G Martino, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. FAU - Gembillo, Guido AU - Gembillo G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4823-9910 AD - Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. AD - Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morpho-functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. FAU - Giuffrida, Alfio Edoardo AU - Giuffrida AE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9390-1363 AD - Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. FAU - Santoro, Domenico AU - Santoro D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4279-6559 AD - Unit of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. FAU - Conti, Giovanni AU - Conti G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0617-500X AD - Unit of Pediatric Nephrology with Dialysis, AOU Policlinic G Martino, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20210825 PL - Switzerland TA - Medicina (Kaunas) JT - Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) JID - 9425208 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Child MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/complications/epidemiology MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/epidemiology MH - *Diabetic Nephropathies/epidemiology MH - Humans MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - *Pediatric Obesity PMC - PMC8467670 OTO - NOTNLM OT - D2M pathophysiology and novel treatments OT - diabetic kidney disease OT - diabetic nephropathy OT - youth-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/09/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/30 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/25 CRDT- 2021/09/28 01:24 PHST- 2021/07/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/28 01:24 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - medicina57090868 [pii] AID - medicina-57-00868 [pii] AID - 10.3390/medicina57090868 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Aug 25;57(9):868. doi: 10.3390/medicina57090868.