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ArticleInflammation2021

Diosgenin Inhibits Excessive Proliferation and Inflammatory Response of Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Targeting PDE3B.

Roujun Wang, Yumeng Sun, Xiaowen Jin, Weibo Wen, Yongjun Cao

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Article in Inflammation, 2021. 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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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Anticancer Activity of Diosgenin and Its Molecular Mechanism.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Roujun WangDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kunming Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650500, Yunnan, China.
Yumeng SunDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Nantong University, 41 Jianshe Road, Nantong City, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Xiaowen JinDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Nantong University, 41 Jianshe Road, Nantong City, 226001, Jiangsu, China.
Weibo WenDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, The No.1 Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, 650021, Yunnan, China.
Yongjun CaoDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Nantong University, 41 Jianshe Road, Nantong City, 226001, Jiangsu, China. dr_cyj@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1355-514X
Nantong University · CNKunming Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNYunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

The Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(JC2019136) from the Ministry of Nantong Science and Technology JC2019136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammation that can lead to loss of range of joint abnormalities in severe cases. Diosgenin has anti-inflammatory effects. This paper discussed the effect and mechanism of diosgenin on excessive proliferation and inflammatory response of synovial cells in RA. CCK-8 detected the cell viability, TUNEL assay detected the apoptosis of cells and western blot detected the expression of apoptosis-related proteins. Wound healing was used to detect cell migration and western blot detected the expression of migration-related proteins. ELISA kits were used to detect the levels of inflammatory cytokines in cells. Diosgenin can inhibit the proliferation and migration of RA synovial cells. At the same time, diosgenin could reduce the inflammatory response of RA synovial cells, during which the expression of PDE3B was significantly decreased. By overexpressing PDE3B, we found that diosgenin inhibited the proliferation, migration, and inflammatory response of RA synovial cells by downregulating PDE3B. Diosgenin can inhibit excessive proliferation and inflammatory response of synovial fibroblasts by targeting PDE3B.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsArthritis, RheumatoidCell MovementCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3CytokinesDiosgeninFibroblastsHumansSignal TransductionSynoviocytesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3CytokinesDiosgeninPDE3B protein, humancell proliferationdiosgenininflammatory responsePDE3Brheumatoid arthritissynovial fibroblasts

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