Puerarin Attenuates Diabetic Nephropathy by Promoting Autophagy in Podocytes

Puerarin Attenuates Diabetic Nephropathy by Promoting Autophagy in Podocytes

Puerarin, an active compound of radix puerariae, is a major compound used in Chinese herbal medicines to treat patients with diabetic nephropathy (DN). In the previous studies, we showed that puerarin exerts renoprotective effects in Streptozocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice through activation of Sir...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xueling Li, Qingqing Zhu, Rong Zheng, Jiayi Yan, Minggang Wei, Yichen Fan, Yueyi Deng, Yifei Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
puerarin
diabetic nephropathy
podocyte
autophagy
apoptosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00073/full

Internet

https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00073/full

Similar Items