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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2018

Taxifolin attenuates diabetic nephropathy in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Yanling Zhao, Wenwen Huang, Jiali Wang, Yan Chen, Wen Huang, Yonglin Zhu

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yanling ZhaoDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 325000, China.
Wenwen HuangDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 325000, China.
Jiali WangDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 325000, China.
Yan ChenDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 325000, China.
Wen HuangDepartment of Nephrology, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Wenzhou 325000, China.
Yonglin ZhuDepartment of Hematology, Wenzhou Municipal People's Hospital Wenzhou 32500, Zhejiang Province, China.
Wenzhou Medical University · CNWenzhou City People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study evaluates the effects of taxifolin (TA) on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats. We performed oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) to determine blood glucose levels. We also measured the following biochemical parameters: uric acid, creatinine, and serum insulin. Kidney pathology was examined by staining sections with hematoxylin-eosin (H&E). The expression of Caveolin-1 and NF-κB was analyzed by qRT-PCR and western blotting. TA significantly reduced the concentrations of blood glucose, uric acid, creatinine, and serum insulin in STZ-induced diabetic rats.Pathological changes in kidneys of diabetes rats were alleviated by TA. Our data indicate that TA restored the levels of Caveolin-1/NF-κB signaling-related mRNA and proteins in diabetes rats. These combined results suggest that TA might mitigate the effects of STZ-induced diabetes.

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Caveolin-1inflammationNF-κBstreptozotocin (STZ)Taxifolin

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PMID29736213
PMCPMC5934579
OpenAlexW3021745177

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