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Familial renal glycosuria and modifications of glucose renal excretion.
Diabetes & metabolism - 1 Dec 2014
Prié D
Abstract excerpt
Under physiological conditions, the kidneys contribute to glucose homoeostasis by producing glucose by gluconeogenesis and preventing glucose loss in urine. The glucose filtered by the glomeruli is completely reabsorbed in the renal proximal tubule. Renal gluconeogenesis produces 25% of the circulating glucose in the postabsorptive state, while the amount of glucose reabsorbed by the kidneys largely exceeds the...
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