JOURNAL ARTICLE

Norcantharidin Attenuates Tubulointerstitial Fibrosis in Rat Models with Diabetic Nephropathy

Abstract

NCTD could downregulate FN, collagen IV, and TGF-β1 expression in tubulointerstitial fields and attenuate tubulointerstitial fibrosis in the early stage of DN rats. NCTD also alleviated the expression of CaN in tubules in DN. The relationship between the role of NCTD's anti-tubulointerstitial fibrosis and its inhibition to CaN expression remains to be further elucidated.

Keywords:
Medicine Streptozotocin Diabetic nephropathy Internal medicine Endocrinology Fibrosis Immunohistochemistry Downregulation and upregulation Kidney Diabetes mellitus Chemistry

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