Puerarin Restores Autophagosome-Lysosome Fusion to Alleviate Cadmium-Induced Autophagy Blockade via Restoring the Expression of Rab7 in Hepatocytes

• Main Authors: Tao Wang (Author), Li Wang (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), Jian Sun (Author), Yilin Xie (Author), Yan Yuan (Author), Jianhong Gu (Author), Jianchun Bian (Author), Zongping Liu (Author), Hui Zou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autophagic dysfunction is one of the main mechanisms by which the environmental pollutant cadmium (Cd) induces cell injury. Puerarin (Pue, a monomeric Chinese herbal medicine extract) has been reported to alleviate Cd-induced cell injury by regulating autophagy pathways; however, its detailed mechan...