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Berberine attenuates diabetic kidney injury via FOXO1/SP1-associated regulation of renal SGLT-2 expression.

Article D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

This study looked at how berberine, a plant compound, affects kidney cells. It was done in mice and human kidney cells, not in people yet. The results suggest it may help protect kidneys from diabetes damage.

Who did this work

Pan J · Wang X · Han X · Cheng H · Zhang F · Chen Y · Li C · Wang X · Cheng Z · Zhang Y · Zhao S · Wang W

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Sep 29
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42811360/