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Study of molecular mechanisms underlying the medicinal plant Tripterygium wilfordii-derived compound celastrol in treating diabetic nephropathy based on network pharmacology and molecular docking

FENGMEI QIAN^1,2, PEIYAO REN², LI ZHAO², DANNA ZHENG², WENFANG HE³, JUAN JIN^3,*

1 The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310003, China
2 Urology & Nephrology Center, Department of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, Affiliated People’s Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310014, China
3 Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Hangzhou, 310000, China

* Corresponding Author: JUAN JIN. Email: