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New diabetes study findings recently were reported by researchers at NanJing University

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, January 10th, 2011

2011 JAN 10 -- According to recent research published in the journal Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, "Current research on the progression of diabetic nephropathy (DN) suggests many important factors; metabolic disturbance, haemodynamic abnormity, chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, innate immune system activation and podocyte lesion. Triptolide, which is active diterpene purified from the traditional Chinese medicine Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF), has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, immunosuppressive and podocyte-protective effects."

"Herein, we investigated the therapeutic effects of triptolide on DN in db/db diabetic mice and...

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