Berberine reduces fibronectin and collagen accumulation in rat glomerular mesangial cells cultured under high glucose condition

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 325, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Liu, Weihua ^a   Tang, Futian ^b   Deng, Yanhui ^a   Li, Xuejuan ^a   Lan, Tian ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Huang, Heqing ^a   Liu, Peiqing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Cyclic AMP response element binding protein; Diabetic nephropathy; Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; p38Mitogen activated protein kinase

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; BERBERINE; COLLAGEN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BERBERINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTINS; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLUCOSE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 64249162482     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-0024-y     Document Type: Article

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