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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Renoprotective Effect of the Recombinant Anti-IL-6R Fusion Proteins by Inhibiting JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway in Diabetic Nephropathy.

Nanwen Zhang, Qingmei Zheng, Yaduan Wang, Juan Lin, He Wang, Rui Liu, Mengru Yan, Xiaofeng Chen, Juhua Yang, Xiaole Chen

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nanwen ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Qingmei ZhengSchool of Pharmacy, Department of Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Yaduan WangSchool of Pharmacy, Department of Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Juan LinSchool of Pharmacy, Department of Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
He WangSchool of Integrative Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.
Rui LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Department of Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Mengru YanSchool of Pharmacy, Department of Bioengineering and Biopharmaceutics, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiaofeng ChenRehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.
Juhua YangFujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiaole ChenFujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Fujian Medical University · CNFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic nephropathy the main reason for end stage renal disease is a common microvascular complication in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The interleukin-6 (IL-6), acting as a pleiotropic cytokine, play key roles in main autoimmune disorders. The recombinant anti-IL-6R fusion proteins (VHH-0031) constructed and obtained in our lab is a dual target-directed single domain-based fusion protein against the interleukin-6 receptor. This study aims to explore the renoprotective effect of VHH-0031 in diabetic nephropathy. VHH-0031 treatment alleviated renal inflammation, morphologic injury and renal insufficiency in both Goto-Kakizaki rats and STZ-induced Sprague Dawley rats. These renoprotective effects of VHH-0031 are associated with alleviating inflammation and suppression of the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway. The mesangial cells treated with VHH-0031 exhibited anti-proliferation, anti-inflammation and inactivation of JAK2/STAT3 pathway under high glucose condition. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that VHH-0031 exhibited a potent protective effect in kidney of diabetic rats and its mechanism may be concerned with the inhibition of the IL-6R/JAK2/STAT3 pathway of glomerular mesangial cells.

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diabetic nephropathyGK ratIL-6JAK2/STAT3STZ

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PMID34054555
PMCPMC8155588
OpenAlexW3161526568

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