Research Article
Astragalus membranaceus and Panax notoginseng, the Novel Renoprotective Compound, Synergistically Protect against Podocyte Injury in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats
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Effects of AG and NG on the levels of nephrin and α-dystroglycan detected by western blot and RT-PCR. Representative western blots for nephrin and α-dystroglycan (a) in the glomeruli of kidney sections. Semiquantitative analyses of western blot for nephrin (b) and α-dystroglycan (c). Glomerular relative mRNA level of nephrin (d). Control: normal control rats; DN: STZ-induced diabetic rats; losartan: DN rats treated with losartan; AG: DN rats treated with Astragalus membranaceus; NG: DN rats treated with Panax notoginseng; AG+NG: DN rats treated with Astragalus membranaceus plus Panax notoginseng. Results were expressed as the . vs. control group, vs. DN group, ▲ vs. AG group, ▼ vs. NG group.
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