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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2019

Astragaloside IV inhibits excessive mesangial cell proliferation and renal fibrosis caused by diabetic nephropathy via modulation of the TGF-β1/Smad/miR-192 signaling pathway.

Qian Mao, Cuicui Chen, Huankun Liang, Shuhai Zhong, Xinbo Cheng, Laiqing Li

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qian MaoDepartment Endocrinology, Hospital of Beihua University, Jilin, Jilin 132013, P.R. China.
Cuicui ChenGuangzhou Youdi Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510663, P.R. China.
Huankun LiangGuangzhou Youdi Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510663, P.R. China.
Shuhai ZhongGuangzhou Youdi Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510663, P.R. China.
Xinbo ChengDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 210506, P.R. China.
Laiqing LiGuangzhou Youdi Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510663, P.R. China.
Beihua University · CNSoochow University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astragaloside IV (ASI) exhibits a wide variety of pharmacological effects in cardiovascular diseases, hepatitis and kidney disease and due to this, ASI has recently become an attractive research target. The present study aimed to determine the effect of ASI on renal fibrosis and the mechanisms underlying its therapeutic effects in diabetic nephropathy (DN).

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astragaloside IVdiabetic nephropathyproliferationrenal fibrosistransforming growth factor-β1/Smad/microRNA-192 pathway

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PMID31572545
PMCPMC6755437
OpenAlexW2968552230

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