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Combined empagliflozin and liraglutide therapy protects against tacrolimus-induced pancreatic and renal injury associated with oxidative stress reduction.

Key takeaways

In rats, two diabetes drugs together helped protect the kidneys from damage caused by a transplant drug. The study used male rats for 4 weeks. This was in animals, not people yet. It suggests these drugs might help protect kidneys in transplant patients.

Who did this work

Na DH · Fang X · Lee H · Eum SH · Ko EJ · Yoon HE · Shin YJ · Lim SW · Chung BH

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Oct 8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42860337/