Do KCa channels and carbonic anhydrase play a role in thiazide-induced hyperglycaemia?

Pickkers, P.; Schachter, M.; Sever, P.S.; Hughes, A.D.

Journal of Human Hypertension 9(8): 691-693

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0950-9240
PMID: 8523393
Document Number: 448883
Thiazide diuretics are widely used to treat hypertension, but their use is associated with impaired glucose tolerance. We propose that the diabetogenic action of thiazides may be due to their ability to open calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels in pancreatic beta-cells.

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