By months 2-3, significant improvement in overall skin tone becomes apparent, with stubborn spots continuing to fade gradually
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Recent research has shown that rhein can alleviate changes in the renal microstructure of model rats, and decrease the expression of apoptosis-related proteins, thereby reducing cell apoptosis, and counteracting the damage caused by oxidative stress to the kidneys (184)
Studies from mouse models have revealed that the transcriptional profile of the rod-shaped microglia was akin to that of DAM (Matsuba et al., 2025) and that rod-shaped microglia interact with neuronal dendrites, attenuate motor cortical hyperactivity during an early stage of TDP-43-associated neurodegeneration (Xie et al., 2025)