Objective To investigate the effect of Astragalin on human renal mesangial cells Methods Cultured human mesangial cells were treated with Astragalin and Astragalin serum in different concentrations in the presence or absence of PDGF BB, the proliferation and type Ⅳ collagen secretion of mesangial cells were measured by MTT assay and ELISA, and expression of β1 integrin gene was estimated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) method, sespectively Results After 72 hours Astragalin or Astragalin serum treatment, the proliferation of mesangial cells induced by PDGF BB was inhibited significantly in a dose dependent manner compared with untreated controls ( P <0 05 and P <0 01) After 24 hours of Astragalin or Astragalin serum treatment, the secretion of type Ⅳ collagen protein in presence of PDGF BB was significantly decreased and β1 integrin mRNA level decreased significantly compared with untreated control ( P <0 05, P <0 01) Conclusions Astragalin inhibits cell proliferation and matrix over synthesis which might be mediated, at least, partly by decrease of β1 integrin gene over expression The study suggested that Astragalin might play a role in preventing the progression of chronic renal diseases Objective To investigate the effect of Astragalin on human renal mesangial cells in Cultured human mesangial cells were treated with Astragalin and Astragalin serum in different concentrations in the presence or absence of PDGF BB, the proliferation and type IV collagen secretion of mesangial cells were measured by MTT assay and ELISA, and expression of β1 integrin gene was estimated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) method, sespectively Results After 72 hours Astragalin or Astragalin serum treatment, the proliferation of mesangial cells induced by PDGF BB was inhibited significantly in a dose dependent manner compared with untreated controls (P <0 05 and P <0 01) After 24 hours of Astragalin or Astragalin serum treatment, the secretion of type 4 collagen protein in presence of PDGF BB was significantly decreased and β1 integrin mRNA level is significantly decreased with untreated control (P <0 05, P <0 01) Conclusions Astragalin inhibits cell proliferation and matrix over synthesis which might be mediated, at least, partly by decrease of β1 integrin gene over expression The study suggests that Astragalin might play a role in preventing the progression of chronic renal diseases