The following keywords were used in the literature search:“diabetic nephropathy”, “diabetic kidney diseases”, “diabetic glomerulosclerosis”, “tripterygium glycosides”, “tripterygium wilfordii”, ...

Background Celastrol, a pentacyclic-triterpene isolated from Tripterigium wilfordii roots, has shown great therapeutic potential for the treatment of several inflammatory diseases, including ...

Mission Statement: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to understand the sources and to encourage rigorous research ...

Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterised by chronic inflammation leading to articular bone and cartilage damage. Despite recent progress in RA management, adverse effects, lack of efficacy ...

Objective: To update and expand The North American Menopause Society’s evidence-based position on nonhormonal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms (VMS), previously a portion of ...

Myocardial fibrosis (MF) is a common pathological manifestation of many cardiovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia, and sudden cardiac death. It is characterized by ...

Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States ...