1. Puerarin prevents diabetic cardiomyopathy in vivo and in vitro by inhibition of inflammation.
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Yin, Mao-Shan, Zhang, Yi-Chi, Xu, Shu-Hong, Liu, Jing-Jing, Sun, Xiao-Hui, Liang, Chen, Wang, Yan, Li, Jie, Wang, Fu-Wen, Wang, Qing-Li, and Mu, Yan-Ling
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THERAPEUTIC use of isoflavones ,APOPTOSIS ,ASPARTATE aminotransferase ,CELL culture ,CHOLESTEROL ,COMPARATIVE studies ,CREATINE kinase ,CYTOCHEMISTRY ,ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ,ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay ,FLOW cytometry ,HEMODYNAMICS ,HISTOLOGY ,IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY ,INFLAMMATION ,ISOENZYMES ,LACTATE dehydrogenase ,MOLECULAR structure ,POLYMERASE chain reaction ,RATS ,RESEARCH funding ,RNA ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,TRIGLYCERIDES ,WESTERN immunoblotting ,DNA-binding proteins ,ISOFLAVONES ,DATA analysis ,OXIDATIVE stress ,PROPORTIONAL hazards models ,REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction ,DATA analysis software ,TROPONIN ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY ,IN vitro studies ,DIABETIC cardiomyopathy ,ONE-way analysis of variance ,IN vivo studies - Abstract
Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the chief diabetes mellitus complications. Inflammation factors may be one reason for the damage from DM. The purpose of this research is to study the potential protective effects of puerarin on DM and the possible mechanisms of action related to NF-κB signal pathway. Following administration of puerarin to the disease model rat, several changes were observed including the changes of serum biochemical index, improved diastolic dysfunction, and enhanced endogenous antioxidant enzymes activities, further NF-κB signaling activation. Puerarin showed cardio-protective effects on DCM by inhibiting inflammation, and it might be a potential candidate for the treatment of DCM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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