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Enoxolone Alleviates Renal Fibrosis in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Inhibiting the Smad3-Smad4 Complex.

Article D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

A study in mice found that the drug enoxolone reduces kidney scarring (fibrosis) caused by diabetes. This is a preclinical study and not in humans yet.

Who did this work

Lv B · Guo Z · Chen Z · Liu Z · Bao H

Source

Article · PubMed, fibrosis reversal · 2026 Jul 11
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42622050/