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Besides diabetes and high blood pressure, the following additional health conditions may also contribute to CKD 1 : Cardiovascular disease Systemic or kidney infections Immune system conditions (eg, lupus) Inflammation of the glomeruli (tiny filters) in the kidneys Inherited kidney disease (eg, polycystic kidney disease) Congenital defects (eg, kidney malformation, urinary tract obstruction) Medications and toxins (eg, prolonged medication, chemical, or street drug exposure) Factors such as those described above and various others can contribute to the decline in kidney function characteristic of CKD
Pillar 7: Metformin (mostly hepatic) Metformin is often described as a general insulin sensitiser, but mechanistically, its clinically relevant effects are largely hepatic (liver)
Copper coordination chemistry, briefly What makes GHK-Cu distinctive is how the tripeptide binds copper(II): the imidazole nitrogen of histidine, the N-terminal amine, and backbone nitrogens form a coordination geometry that holds the metal ion with high affinity
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