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

Table 3

The contents of AGEs in blood and kidney tissues of rats (‾χ ± s, n = 8).

Group	Serum-AGEs (ng/ml)	Tissue-AGEs (ng/ml)
Normal group	0.64 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.06
Diabetic group	0.93 ± 0.10	0.93 ± 0.08
Blood glucose fluctuation group	0.95 ± 0.08	1.01 ± 0.10
Benazepril hydrochloride group	0.66 ± 0.08^☆☆##	0.73 ± 0.09^☆☆##
YHR low-dose group	0.82 ± 0.08^☆##	0.85 ± 0.07^☆##
YHR middle-dose group	0.81 ± 0.06^☆##	0.78 ± 0.09^☆☆##
YHR high-dose group	0.69 ± 0.08^☆☆##	0.74 ± 0.06^☆☆##

YHR: Yiqi Huoxue recipe; AGEs: advanced glycation end products. Compared with the normal group, , . Compared with the diabetic group, ^☆, ^☆☆. Compared with the blood glucose fluctuation group, ^#, ^##.