Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Nutrients
Volume
14
Issue
21
PubMed ID
36364808
Publisher
MDPI
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
54202
Abstract
Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney disease, and as the number of individuals with diabetes increases there is a concomitant increase in the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Diabetes contributes to the development of DKD through a number of pathways, including inflammation, oxidative stress, and the gut-kidney axis, which may be amenable to dietary therapy. Resistant starch (RS) is a dietary fibre that alters the gut microbial consortium, leading to an increase in the microbial production of short chain fatty acids. Evidence from animal and human studies indicate that short chain fatty acids are able to attenuate inflammatory and oxidative stress pathways, which may mitigate the progression of DKD. In this review, we evaluate and summarise the evidence from both preclinical models of DKD and clinical trials that have utilised RS as a dietary therapy to limit the progression of DKD.
DOI
10.3390/nu14214547
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Drake, A. M., Coughlan, M. T., Christophersen, C. T., & Snelson, M. (2022). Resistant starch as a dietary intervention to limit the progression of diabetic kidney disease. Nutrients, 14(21), 4547. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14214547