Day: July 26, 2024

Crucial role for sensory nerves and Na/H exchanger inhibition in dapagliflozin and empagliflozin-induced arterial relaxation

Illustration spotlighting molecular basis for arterial relaxation by SGLT2 inhibitors

The Greenwood lab, in collaboration with the Abbott, Jepps and Rosenbaum labs and others, has discovered the molecular basis for arterial relaxation by SGLT2 inhibitors: these drugs relax mesenteric arteries by promoting the release of CGRP from sensory nerves in a NHE1-dependent manner. The work provides a crucial piece of evidence as to how these…