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SUBMITTER: Wei T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046551 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wei Tingting T Shu Qi Q Ning Jie J Wang Shuaijie S Li Chen C Zhao Liangcai L Zheng Hong H Gao Hongchang H
Frontiers in pharmacology 20200221
Diabetic nephropathy is a common complication in diabetes, but still lack of effective therapeutic strategies. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in <i>db/db</i> mice with diabetic nephropathy and explore its possible metabolic mechanisms using a nuclear magnetic resonance-based metabolomic approach. We found that bFGF treatment significantly alleviate urinary albumin to creatinine ratio and renal fibrosis in <i>db/db</i> mice, suggest ...[more]