ArticleHistology and histopathology2023
Treatment of berberine alleviates diabetic nephropathy by reducing iron overload and inhibiting oxidative stress.
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- Time-dose response and mechanistic specificity of berberine in renal fibrosis from a multi-model integration perspective: a systematic review and meta-analysis on animal models.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Integrative bioinformatics analysis of Lianmei granules in diabetic nephropathy: Epidemiological and molecular insights.Medicine · 2026Article
- Shenqi Dihuang Decoction Attenuates ALOX5-Mediated Ferroptosis in Diabetic Nephropathy via AMPK/mTOR and TGF-Journal of diabetes research · 2026Article
- Diabetic kidney disease: from pathogenesis to multimodal therapy-current evidence and future directions.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Molecular mechanisms and multi-target therapeutic strategies of diabetic nephropathy: from pathogenesis to precision interventions.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Hypermethylation leads to the loss of HOXA5, resulting in JAG1 expression and NOTCH signaling contributing to kidney fibrosis.Kidney international · 2024Article
- Pathological Characteristics of Ferroptosis in Kidney Tissues in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- The Role of Iron Overload in Diabetic Cognitive Impairment: A Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Review
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Abstract
Diabetic nephropathy (DN) has become one of the major fatal factors in diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to elucidate the function and mechanism by which berberine exerts renoprotective effects in DN. In this work, we first demonstrated that urinary iron concentration, serum ferritin and hepcidin levels were increased and total antioxidant capacity was significantly decreased in DN rats, while these changes could be partially reversed by berberine treatment. Berberine treatment also alleviated DN-induced changes in the expression of proteins involved in iron transport or iron uptake. In addition, berberine treatment also partially blocked the expression of renal fibrosis markers induced by DN, including MMP2, MMP9, TIMP3, β-arrestin-1, and TGF-β1. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that berberine may exert renoprotective effects by ameliorating iron overload and oxidative stress and reducing DN.
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