NFKB1 and diabetes mellitus: Jiang et al. confirmed in vivo and in vitro that C. paliurus triterpenoids improve diabetes-induced liver inflammation through the Rho/Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase (ROCK)/NF-κB signaling pathway, and the expression of Rho kinase and NF-κB in the liver was significantly reduced [51].