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ArticleScientific reports2020

Quercetin liposomes ameliorate streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in diabetic rats.

Lixia Tang, Ke Li, Yan Zhang, Huifang Li, Ankang Li, Yuancheng Xu, Bing Wei

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lixia TangDepartment of Endocrine, The First People's Hospital of Yongkang, Jinhua, 321300, P.R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5429-9146
Ke LiDepartment of Endocrine, The First People's Hospital of Yongkang, Jinhua, 321300, P.R. China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Pathology, Zhucheng Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Weifang, 262200, P.R. China.
Huifang LiDepartment of Endocrine, The First People's Hospital of Yongkang, Jinhua, 321300, P.R. China.
Ankang LiDepartment of Pharmacy, The First People's Hospital of Yongkang, Jinhua, 321300, P.R. China.
Yuancheng XuDepartment of Pathology, The First People's Hospital of Yongkang, Jinhua, 321300, P.R. China.
Bing WeiDepartment of Orthopedics, The First People's Hospital of Yongkang, Jinhua, 321300, P.R. China. weibing010305@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-8364
Jining First People's Hospital · CNHuaian First People’s Hospital · CNWeifang Maternity and Child Care Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of quercetin liposomes (Q-PEGL) on streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic nephropathy (DN) was investigated in rats. Male Sprague Dawley rats were used to establish a STZ induced DN model. DN rats randomly received one of the following treatments for 8 weeks: blank treatment (DN), free quercetin (Que), pegylated liposomes (PEGL) and pegylated quercetin liposomes (Q-PEGL). A group of healthy rats served as the normal control. The fasting blood glucose (FBG), body weights (BWs), renal hypertrophy index (rHI), serum and urine biochemistry, renal histopathology, oxidative stress and immunohistochemical measurements of AGEs were analyzed to compare the effect of different treatments. Que and Q-PEGL significantly improved DN biochemistry and pathological changes, although the treated rats still had some symptoms of DN. The therapeutic effect of Q-PEGL surpassed that of Que. Pegylated quercetin liposomes allow maintaining higher quercetin concentrations in plasma than non-encapsulated quercetin. In conclusion the use of quercetin liposomes allows to reduce disease symptoms in a rat model of DN.

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AnimalsAntioxidantsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NephropathiesKidneyLiposomesMaleOxidative StressQuercetinRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStreptozocinAntioxidantsLiposomesQuercetinStreptozocin

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PMID32051470
PMCPMC7016118
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