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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Herba Artemisiae Capillaris Extract Prevents the Development of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Nephropathy of Rat.

Jianan Geng, Xiaoyan Yu, Chunyu Liu, Chengbo Sun, Menghuan Guo, Zhen Li, Yingli Jin, Yinggang Zou, Jinghua Yu

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Jianan GengInstitute of Virology and AIDS, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Dongminzhu Street 519, Changchun 130000, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4427-0390
Xiaoyan YuDepartment of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Jilin University, Fujin Road 1266, Changchun 130021, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5641-1675
Chunyu LiuAcupuncture Department, The Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, 1478 Gongnong Road, Changchun 130021, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0512-6740
Chengbo SunDepartment of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Jilin University, Fujin Road 1266, Changchun 130021, China.
Menghuan GuoDepartment of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Jilin University, Fujin Road 1266, Changchun 130021, China.
Zhen LiDepartment of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Jilin University, Fujin Road 1266, Changchun 130021, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2771-3425
Yingli JinDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Xinmin Street 126, Changchun 130021, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8082-7865
Yinggang ZouDepartment of Obstetrics Gynecology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Ziqiang Street 218, Changchun 130041, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8659-6543
Jinghua YuInstitute of Virology and AIDS, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Dongminzhu Street 519, Changchun 130000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8444-4327
Jilin University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CNThe Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a major cause of end-stage renal disease throughout the world; until now there is no specific drug available. In this work, we use herba artemisiae capillaris extract (HACE) to alleviate renal fibrosis characterized by the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in rats, aiming to investigate the protective effect of the HACE on DN. We found that the intragastric treatment of high-dose HACE could reverse the effect of streptozotocin not only to decrease the level of blood glucose and blood lipid in different degree but also further to improve renal functions. It is worth mentioning that the effect of HACE treatment was comparable to the positive drug benazepril. Moreover, we found that HACE treatment could on one hand inhibit oxidative stress in DN rats through regulating enzymatic activity for scavenging reactive oxygen species and on the other hand increase the ECM degradation through regulating the activity of metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and the expression of tissue transglutaminase (tTG), which explained why HACE treatment inhibited ECM accumulation. On the basis of above experimental results, we conclude that HACE prevents DN development in a streptozotocin-induced DN rat model, and HACE is a promising candidate to cure DN in clinic.

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