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ArticleActa pharmacologica Sinica2025

Ginsenoside Rg1 alleviates chronic stress-induced depression in rats by targeting Cx43-YAP axis.

Hui-Qin Wang, Rui-Fang Zheng, Qi-di Ai, Song-Wei Yang, Xue-Ying Yang, Ai-Ping Chen, Qian Yan, Xu Yan, Zhao Zhang, Jian-Guo Xing and 4 more

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Article in Acta pharmacologica Sinica, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Hui-Qin WangSchool of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine & Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, 410208, China.
Rui-Fang ZhengXinjiang Institute of Materia Medica, Urumqi, 830002, China.
Qi-di AiSchool of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine & Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, 410208, China.
Song-Wei YangSchool of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine & Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, 410208, China.
Xue-Ying YangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
Ai-Ping ChenState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
Qian YanSchool of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine & Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, 410208, China.
Xu YanState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
Zhao ZhangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
Jian-Guo XingXinjiang Institute of Materia Medica, Urumqi, 830002, China.
Shi-Feng ChuState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China.
Zhen-Zhen WangState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China. wangzz@imm.ac.cn.
Yan-Tao YangSchool of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine & Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, 410208, China. xdyyt1@163.com.
Nai-Hong ChenSchool of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine & Hunan Engineering Technology Center of Standardization and Function of Chinese Herbal Decoction Pieces, Changsha, 410208, China. chennh@imm.ac.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although significant progress has been made in the development of antidepressants, a large subpopulation of individuals remains unresponsive to existing treatments. Ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1), a natural compound with well-defined antidepressant effects and low-cost administrations, holds therapeutic promise but requires mechanistic elucidation for clinical translation. Based on our previous finding that Rg1 rescued astrocytic connexin43 (Cx43) downregulation in depression models, we investigated its brain-wide effects and molecular mechanisms in chronic unpredictable stress (CUS)-induced rats. Male rats subjected to CUS received Rg1 (40 mg· kg

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAntidepressive AgentsConnexin 43DepressionGinsenosidesStress, PsychologicalAnimalsAstrocytesCell Cycle ProteinsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionYAP-Signaling ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAntidepressive AgentsCell Cycle ProteinsConnexin 43ginsenoside Rg1GinsenosidesGja1 protein, ratYap1 protein, mouseYap1 protein, ratYAP-Signaling Proteinsantidepressant mechanismconnexin43ginsenoside Rg1neuroimagingnuclear translocationYes-associated protein

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PMID40055527
PMCPMC12205090

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