Figures & data
Table 1. Oxidative stress and postulated pathways involved in diabetic nephropathy.
Figure 1. Role of high blood sugar and transcriptase factors in OS in DM and DN and the effects of natural products. ⊕: activate or stimulate; ⊗: deactivate or inhibit; GSTs: glutathione-s-transferase; OS: oxidative stress; NO: nitric oxide; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor; GCS: γ-glutamyl-cysteine synthetase; ROS: reactive oxygen species; PCK: protein kinase C; SOD: superoxide dismutase; RNS: reactive nitrogen species; AGEs: advanced glycation end products; NFκB: nuclear factor kappa B; NrF2: nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2; HO1: heme oxygenase-1; NQO1: NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; IKK-β: inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta; IκBα: nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha.
![Figure 1. Role of high blood sugar and transcriptase factors in OS in DM and DN and the effects of natural products. ⊕: activate or stimulate; ⊗: deactivate or inhibit; GSTs: glutathione-s-transferase; OS: oxidative stress; NO: nitric oxide; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor; GCS: γ-glutamyl-cysteine synthetase; ROS: reactive oxygen species; PCK: protein kinase C; SOD: superoxide dismutase; RNS: reactive nitrogen species; AGEs: advanced glycation end products; NFκB: nuclear factor kappa B; NrF2: nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2; HO1: heme oxygenase-1; NQO1: NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1; MCP-1: monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; IKK-β: inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta; IκBα: nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha.](/cms/asset/dfa2db41-ba0e-4a39-bca0-874994d5b806/yrer_a_1297885_f0001_b.gif)