Title : SGLT2 Inhibitor-Induced Low-Grade Ketonemia Ameliorates Retinal Hypoxia in Diabetic Retinopathy-A Novel Hypothesis.

Pub. Date : 2021 Apr 23

PMID : 33512450






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1 We discuss potential mechanisms through which SGLT2-inhibitors improve retinal hypoxia - through ketone bodies which are energetically as efficient as glucose and yield more ATP per molecule of oxygen consumed than fat, along with less oxidative stress. Ketones solute carrier family 5 member 2 Homo sapiens