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Aloin attenuates high-glucose-induced oxidative and inflammatory damage in renal cells via AMPK/Nrf2 signaling.

Key takeaways

Aloin is a natural compound found in aloe plants. Researchers grew kidney filtering tube cells in high sugar to copy the damage diabetes does, then treated them with aloin. Aloin reduced the damage from oxidative stress and inflammation by switching on a protective cell pathway called AMPK/Nrf2. This was done in cells in a dish, not in animals or people, so it says nothing yet about whether aloin helps a person.

Who did this work

Guangde H · Yanan F

Source

Article · PubMed, fibrosis reversal · 2026 Aug 31
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42675217/