Research Article

Yiqi Huoxue Recipe Regulates Autophagy through Degradation of Advanced Glycation End Products via mTOR/S6K1/LC3 Pathway in Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 1

Body indicators of rats in each group (, n = 8).

GroupBody weight (g)Kidney weight (g)Kidney index (%)

Normal group373.88 ± 38.395.42 ± 0.571.46 ± 0.19
Diabetic group288.51 ± 29.118.11 ± 0.922.82 ± 0.21
Blood glucose fluctuation group275.68 ± 29.028.46 ± 0.803.08 ± 0.30
Benazepril hydrochloride group361.28 ± 40.11☆☆#5.76 ± 0.57☆☆##1.61 ± 0.22☆☆##
YHR low-dose group322.64 ± 34.08☆#7.21 ± 0.69☆##2.26 ± 0.34☆☆##
YHR middle-dose group335.64 ± 33.91☆☆##6.22 ± 0.67☆☆##1.88 ± 0.36☆☆##
YHR high-dose group347.76 ± 35.02☆☆##5.65 ± 0.60☆☆##1.64 ± 0.23☆☆##

YHR: Yiqi Huoxue recipe. Compared with the normal group, , . Compared with the diabetic group, , ☆☆. Compared with the blood glucose fluctuation group, #, ##.