Front Cell Dev Biol
January 2024
The excretion and absorption of uric acid (UA) by the kidneys helps regulate serum UA levels. GLUT9, encoded by , is mainly expressed in the renal tubules responsible for UA absorption. polymorphisms are associated with different serum UA levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In clinical practice, Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) purportedly has beneficial therapeutic effects for chronic kidney disease (CKD), which include delaying disease progression and dialysis initiation. However, there is a lack of high-quality evidence-based results to support this. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of CHM combined with Western medicine in the treatment of stage 5 CKD.
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