PMID- 38293770 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240325 LR - 20240325 IS - 1478-3231 (Electronic) IS - 1478-3223 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 4 DP - 2024 Apr TI - Sodium-glucose linked transporter 2 inhibitors in liver cirrhosis: Beyond their antidiabetic use. PG - 884-893 LID - 10.1111/liv.15851 [doi] AB - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and liver cirrhosis are clinical entities that frequently coexist, but glucose-lowering medication options are limited in cirrhotic patients. Sodium-glucose linked transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a class of glucose-lowering medication that act independently of insulin, by causing glycosuria in the proximal convoluted tubule. In this review, we aimed to briefly present the main data and to provide insight into the pathophysiology and potential usefulness of SGLT2 inhibitors in cirrhotic patients with or without T2DM. SGLT2 inhibitors have been proven useful as antidiabetic treatment in patients with metabolic liver disease, with most robust data from patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), where they also showed improvement in liver function parameters. Moreover, it has been suggested that SGLT2 inhibitors may have effects beyond their antidiabetic action. Accordingly, they have exhibited cardioprotective effects, expanding their indication in patients with heart failure without T2DM. Since decompensated liver cirrhosis and congestive heart failure share common pathophysiological features, namely renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis and sympathetic nervous system activation as well as vasopressin secretion, SGLT2 inhibitors could also be beneficial in patients with decompensated cirrhosis, even in the absence of T2DM. CI - (c) 2024 The Authors. Liver International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Siafarikas, Christos AU - Siafarikas C AD - 1st Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece. FAU - Kapelios, Chris J AU - Kapelios CJ AD - Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Unit, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. FAU - Papatheodoridi, Margarita AU - Papatheodoridi M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8581-6591 AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece. FAU - Vlachogiannakos, John AU - Vlachogiannakos J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3680-8194 AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece. FAU - Tentolouris, Nikolaos AU - Tentolouris N AD - 1st Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece. FAU - Papatheodoridis, George AU - Papatheodoridis G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3518-4060 AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, General Hospital of Athens "Laiko", Athens, Greece. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20240131 PL - United States TA - Liver Int JT - Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver JID - 101160857 RN - 0 (Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0SAC974Z85 (Canagliflozin) RN - 0 (Glucosides) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) RN - 9NEZ333N27 (Sodium) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Sodium-Glucose Transporter 2 Inhibitors/therapeutic use/pharmacology MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/drug therapy MH - Canagliflozin/therapeutic use MH - Glucosides/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - *Heart Failure MH - Liver Cirrhosis/complications/drug therapy MH - Sodium OTO - NOTNLM OT - SGLT2 inhibitor OT - cirrhosis OT - diabetes OT - heart failure OT - natriuresis EDAT- 2024/01/31 06:43 MHDA- 2024/03/25 06:42 CRDT- 2024/01/31 04:38 PHST- 2024/01/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/25 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/31 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/31 04:38 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/liv.15851 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Liver Int. 2024 Apr;44(4):884-893. doi: 10.1111/liv.15851. Epub 2024 Jan 31.