NIU Di,CHEN Ruifang,HUANG Xinmeng,et al.Research progress on the pharmacological mechanism of Rehmannia glutinosa in diabetic kidney disease[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(23):2995-3000.
NIU Di,CHEN Ruifang,HUANG Xinmeng,et al.Research progress on the pharmacological mechanism of Rehmannia glutinosa in diabetic kidney disease[J].ZHONGGUO YAOFANG,2025,36(23):2995-3000. DOI: 10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2025.23.20.
Research progress on the pharmacological mechanism of Rehmannia glutinosa in diabetic kidney disease
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is one of the most common and harmful microvascular complications of diabetes, and there is currently a lack of effective treatment methods to delay its progression. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating DKD and offers unique advantages. As a traditional Chinese medicine,
Rehmannia glutinosa
has shown potential in the treatment of DKD in clinical and modern pharmacological research. After integrating relevant research on the pharmacological mechanism of
R. glutinosa
in treating DKD, it has been found that the main active components of
R. glutinosa
, such as catalpol, rehmannioside D, aucubin, verbascoside, salidroside, echinacoside and
R. glutinosa
polysaccharides, along with its extracts and compounds (such as Liuwei dihuang pills, Shenqi dihuang decoction, and Shenqi pills), can exert multiple effects by intervening in various signaling pathways, including advanced glycation end product (AGE)/receptor for AGE, nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB), and transforming growth factor-β
1
(TGF-β
1
)/Smads. These effects include ameliorating metabolic disorders and oxidative stress in DKD, inhibiting the processes of renal inflammation and fibrosis, regulating cell death modalities including apoptosis and ferroptosis, as well as autophagy, and reshaping the gut microbiota. Consequently, it can improve physical and chemical indices and renal tissue pathological damage, thus delaying the progression of DKD.
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