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First, we validated that the activation of ROS‐JNK signaling pathway in diabetic rats could be reduced by ZY. Furthermore, collagen I expression could be\n                    <jats:styled-content>downregulated</jats:styled-content>\n                    by ZY formula treatment. Meanwhile, cell apoptosis in the kidney of diabetic rats could be alleviated by ZY formula.\n                  </jats:p>","journal":"Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine","year":2018,"id":592441,"datarank":0.5837989441394629,"base_score":2.1972245773362196,"endowment":2.1972245773362196,"self_citation_contribution":0.32958368660043297,"citation_network_contribution":0.25421525753902985,"self_endowment_contribution":0.32958368660043297,"citer_contribution":0.25421525753902985,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":8,"citer_count":8,"citers_with_citation_signal":7,"citers_with_endowment":7,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1515968,"name":"Yue-hua Wang","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1110533,"name":"Lin Han","orcid":"0000-0001-9725-1946","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1515969,"name":"Hai-yan An","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1515970,"name":"Jiang-hua Zhang","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1515971,"name":"Xue-yun Zhang","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1515972,"name":"Zhi-qiang Chen","orcid":"0000-0002-1212-2633","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1515973,"name":"Jian-guo Qin","orcid":"0000-0002-3981-6862","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1515967,"name":"Feng-li Wang","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"Renoprotective Effect of Yiqi Yangyin Huayu Tongluo Formula against Diabetic Nephropathy in Diabetic Rats","abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    Diabetic nephropathy is developed in 20‐40% of patients with diabetes mellitus, and patients with diabetic nephropathy require dialysis and renal transplantation. Traditional Chinese medicine has been widely used in treating patients with diabetic nephropathy in China. However, the detailed mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine remain unclear. Yiqi Yangyin Huayu Tongluo formula (ZY formula) is a traditional Chinese medicinal formula. Here, we demonstrated kidney protective effect of ZY formula on the rats with diabetic nephropathy. The therapeutic effect of ZY formula on the diabetic nephropathy was almost the same as that of Irbesartan, which proved to have excellent curative effects on diabetic nephropathy. We also demonstrated the mechanism of ZY formula effect on the diabetic nephropathy. First, we validated that the activation of ROS‐JNK signaling pathway in diabetic rats could be reduced by ZY. Furthermore, collagen I expression could be\n                    <jats:styled-content>downregulated</jats:styled-content>\n                    by ZY formula treatment. 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