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Renal fibrosis is the most common pathological change from NS to end-stage renal failure, seriously affecting the prognosis of renal disease. Although tremendous efforts have been made to treat NS, specific drug therapies to delay the progression of NS toward end-stage renal failure are limited. Epimedium is generally used to treat kidney disease in traditional Chinese medicine. Icariin is a principal active component of Epimedium.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We used Sprague Dawley rats to establish NS models by injecting doxorubicin through the tail vein. Then icariin and prednisone were intragastric administration. Renal function was examined by an automatic biochemical analyzer. Pathology of the kidney was detected by Hematoxylin-Eosin and Masson staining respectively. Furthermore, RT-PCR, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot and Terminal-deoxynucleotidyl Transferase Mediated Nick End Labeling staining were employed to detect the proteins related to pyroptosis and EMT. HK-2 cells exposed to doxorubicin were treated with icariin, and cell viability was assessed using the MTT. EMT was assessed using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Western Blot.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study showed that icariin significantly improved renal function and renal fibrosis in rats. In addition, icariin effectively decreased NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3,Caspase-1, Gasdermin D, Ly6C, and interleukin (IL)-1\u03b2. Notably, treatment with icariin also inhibited the levels of TGF-\u03b2, \u03b1-SMA and E-cadherin.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Discussion and conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>It is confirmed that icariin can improve renal function and alleviate renal fibrosis by inhibiting pyroptosis and the mechanism may be related to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. 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