ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
Icariin Attenuates Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension via the Inhibition of TGF-
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- A comprehensive narrative review ofJournal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Review
- Flavonoids: Potential New Drug Candidates for Attenuating Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Chinese Herbal Medicine in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment: Mechanisms, Progress, and Future Directions.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Review
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- Deciphering the myth of icariin and synthetic derivatives in improving erectile function from a molecular biology perspective: a narrative review.Translational andrology and urology · 2022Review
- Traditional Herbal Medicine Discovery for the Treatment and Prevention of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
- Effect of icariin on the HInternational journal of immunopathology and pharmacologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPulmonary artery remodeling is important in the development of pulmonary artery hypertension. The TGF-
methodsRats were randomly divided into control, monocrotaline (MCT), MCT + ICA-low, and MCT + ICA-high groups. MCT (60 mg/kg) was subcutaneously injected to induce PAH, and icariin (50 or 100 mg/kg.d) was orally administered for 2 weeks. At the end of the fourth week, right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) was obtained and the right ventricular hypertrophy index (RI) was determined as the ratio of the right ventricular weight to the left ventricular plus septal weight (RV/LV + S). Western blots were used to determine the expression of TGF-
resultsCompared to the control group, RVSP and RI were increased in the MCT group (
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