Tea is widely consumed all over the world. Generally, tea is divided into six categories:
White, green, yellow, oolong, black, and dark teas, based on the fermentation degree. Tea …

Nowadays, with the improvements in living standards and changes in living habits, high-fat
diet (HFD) has become much more common in the populations worldwide. Recent studies …

Tea has been reported to prevent and manage many chronic diseases, such as cancer,
diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases, and the antioxidant capacity of tea may be …

Background Evidence of a protective role of autophagy in kidney diseases has sparked
interest in autophagy as a potential therapeutic strategy. However, understanding how the …

No organism can avoid the process of aging, which is often accompanied by chronic
disease. The process of biological aging is driven by a series of interrelated mechanisms …

Abstract Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a main active catechin in green tea, was
reported to attenuate renal injury and hypertension. However, its effects on salt-induced …

Age‐associated diseases such as neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disorders are
characterized by increased oxidative stress associated with autophagy dysfunction …

Autophagy is a complex self‐degrading process, and its imbalance adversely affects local
(metabolically active organs) or systemic metabolism, resulting in metabolic dysfunction …

Although both sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibition by dapagliflozin and
thiazolidinedione, pioglitazone have glucose-lowering and anti-inflammatory effects, the …

Obesity causes renal changes (ORC), characterized by defective renal autophagy,
lipogenesis, enhanced macrophage infiltration and apoptosis. We hypothesize that …