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ArticleActa pharmacologica Sinica2020

Asiatic acid prevents renal fibrosis in UUO rats via promoting the production of 15d-PGJ2, an endogenous ligand of PPAR-γ.

Zhi-Hao Zhang, Jun-Qiu He, Ying-Yong Zhao, Hua-Chao Chen, Ning-Hua Tan

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Article in Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhi-Hao ZhangState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China. zzh-198518@163.com.
Jun-Qiu HeState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China.
Ying-Yong ZhaoKey Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
Hua-Chao ChenState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China. huachao.chen@163.com.
Ning-Hua TanState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China. nhtan@cpu.edu.cn.
China Pharmaceutical University · CNNorthwest University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renal fibrosis is an inevitable outcome of all kinds of progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD). Recently, asiatic acid (AA), a triterpenoid compound from Chinese medicine Centella asiatica, has been found to attenuate renal fibrosis. In the current study, we explored the mechanisms underlying antifibrotic effect of AA on UUO model. SD rats and ICR mice were subjected to unilateral ureteral occlusion (UUO) surgery. Prior the surgery, rats were administered AA (10 mg·kg

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Administration, OralAnilidesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugFibrosisKidney DiseasesLigandsMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRMolecular StructurePentacyclic TriterpenesPPAR gammaProstaglandin D2Rats15-deoxyprostaglandin J22-chloro-5-nitrobenzanilideAnilidesasiatic acidLigandsPentacyclic TriterpenesPPAR gammaProstaglandin D215d-PGJ2asiatic acidGW9662metabolomicsPPAR-γrenal fibrosisunilateral ureteral occlusion (UUO)

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PMID31705123
PMCPMC7471452
OpenAlexW2985157200

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