Natural products against renin-angiotensin system for antifibrosis therapy
Natural products against renin-angiotensin system for antifibrosis therapy
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抗肾素-血管紧张素系统的天然产物用于抗纤维化治疗
DOI:
10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.06.091
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Zhao Ying-Yong
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作者:
Yang Tian;Chen Yuan-Yuan;Liu Jing-Ru;Zhao Hui;Vaziri Nosratola D.;Guo Yan;Zhao Ying-Yong
Fibrosis is a final pathological feature of many chronic diseases, but few interventions are available that specifically target the pathogenesis of fibrosis. The highlights of common cellular and molecular mechanisms of fibrosis facilitate the discovery of effective antifibrotic drugs. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a central physiological role in the control of blood pressure and fluid homeostasis. Emerging evidence has revealed that activation of RAS was consistently found in fibrotic tissue. At the same time, as more components of the RAS are described, other pot Potential therapeutic targets emerge, so it seems sensible to revisit the contribution of RAS in anti-fibrotic therapy. So far, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARB) are the main commercial available drugs for intervening RAS. However, RAS inhibitors had lots of limitations in long-term application owing to occurring AngII and aldosterone escape. Over the past decades, natural products have aroused growing attention as potential RAS inhibitors due to their high efficacy and low risk of side effects. In this review, we revisit the contribution of RAS and its new members to anti-fibrotic therapy. Ultimately, we summarize and evaluate the use of natural products including isolated compounds, crude extracts and traditional Chinese herbal formulas to regulate RAS. These natural products can retard tissue fibrosis by targeting different RAS components, which provide us new therapeutic strategies to discover anti-fibrotic drugs.