Jinghua Peng

TL;DR: This review addresses current studies investigating the roles of CGA in glucose and lipid metabolism and indicates that CGA exerts many biological properties, including antibacterial, antioxidant, and anticarcinogenic activities.

TL;DR: In this article, the compositional and functional changes in the gut microbiota in early stage chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients suggest the potential contributions of gut microbiota to the progression of CHB, and thus provide new insight into gut microbiota-targeted interventions to improve the prognosis of this disease.

TL;DR: The results revealed that the bacterial profiles of HFD-induced rats could be modulated by theCHF, and differences in microbiota composition provided a basis for further understanding the pharmacological mechanism of the CHF.

TL;DR: It is indicated that the effects of CS-PS anti-liver fibrosis are probably associated with the inhibition on HSC activation, TGF-β1/Smads signalling pathway, as well as MMP2, MMP9 activity and TIMP2 expression.

TL;DR: Chinese medicine CGA formula ameliorates DMN-induced liver fibrosis in rats, and this effect was likely associated with the down-regulation of MMP2/9 activities, TIMP1/2 protein expression and the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathways in the liver.