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Wang H, Wei W, Liu J, Zhang S, Zhao Y, Yu Z. The characterization of traditional Chinese medicine natures and flavors using network pharmacology integrated strategy. J Tradit Complement Med 2024; 14:343-349. [PMID: 38707921 PMCID: PMC11068986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2024] Open
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Background and aim Due to the complexity of TCM ingredients and medication compatibility, TCM cannot be used like chemical medicines. The theory of "Four Natures and five Flavors" provides a theoretical basis for the use of TCM. "Four Natures and five Flavors" are originated from pharmacological rules based on clinical practices. Whereas, How to describe and characterize "Natures"(Warm, Hot, Cold and Cool) and "Flavors" (Pungent, Sour, Sweet, Bitter and Salty) scientifically remain the issue that needs to be solved. The aim of this study is to establish the TCM characterization models based on the integrated pharmacology network strategy and provide a deeper understanding of TCM theory. Experimental procedure Five "Pungent-Neutral", nine "Sweet-Neutral and nine "Bitter-Neutral" TCMs were selected to characterize the "Flavors" (Pungent, Sweet and Bitter). Nine "Pungent-Warm" and nine "Bitter-Cold" TCMs were selected to characterize the "Natures" (Warm and Cold). The screened chemical ingredients were analyzed by classification and the screened characteristics targets were analyzed by GO and KEGG enrichment analysis. Results and conclusion In the "Pungent" group, flavonoids are the most. "Pungent" may have immune-regulatory effects and potential anticancer activity. In the "Sweet" group, isoflavones are the most. "Sweet" are related to effectively invigorate health. Fatty acids in the "Warm" group are the most. Flavonoids in the "Cold' group are far more than other components. "Warm" and "Cold" are both related to fatty acid and energy metabolism.
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- Hong Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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Shah MR, Fatima S, Khan SN, Shafiullah, Azam Z, Shaikh H, Majid S, Chengdong H, Daijun Z, Wang W. The safety and efficacy of Houtou Jianweiling tablet in patients with chronic non-atrophic gastritis: a double-blind, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1293272. [PMID: 38440179 PMCID: PMC10911090 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1293272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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Background: Common symptoms of Chronic Non-atrophic Gastritis (CNAG) include nausea, stomach distension, and abdominal pain. The Houtou Jianweiling Tablet (HTJWT) is a chinese patent medicine (CN1368229A) and it has been used clinically for more than 20 years with proven clinical efficacy in treating CNAG, prompted us to establish the clinical efficacy and safety of HTJWT on patients with mild to moderate CNAG symptoms in Pakistani population. Methods: This phase II, double-blind, randomized, parallel-controlled trial was conducted in a single center between November 2022 and February 2023 in Pakistan. In a ratio of 1:1, total 240 CNAG patients with erosion identified by pathological biopsy and gastroscopy were randomly assigned to control (Omeprazole) group (n = 120) and the treatment (HTJWT) group (n = 120). Patients in the treatment group received orally four HTJWT (0.38g/tablet), three times a day and one placebo of Omeprazole enteric-coated tablet prior to breakfast, daily. On the other hand, patients in the control group received one Omeprazole enteric-coated tablet (20 mg/tablet) prior to breakfast and four placebo of HTJWT, thrice a day. The patients consumed the investigated drugs (i.e., treatment and control) treatment regimen was followed for a duration of 28 days. The safety of the patients were evaluated through adverse events, serious adverse events and laboratory tests such as blood biochemistry, urine analysis, liver and renal function tests. Vital signs like; blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature, respiratory rate for all the patients were recorded. The cardiac status of the patients were assessed through electrocardiogram (ECG). The primary efficacy indicators were the improvement rate of gastric distention and gastralgia as the main clinical symptoms. Secondary indicators were visual analogue score (VAS); improvement rate of secondary clinical symptoms and signs; improvement rate of total clinical signs and symptoms; the disappearance/remission rate of Gastric pain and, remission/disappearance time of gastric distension; and the negative conversion rate of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). The outcomes among each group were compared using the chi-square test. Results: Patients in both groups had good drug compliance (80%-120%), and there was no statistically significant difference in the patients' baseline characteristics. The clinical improvement rate was found to be 91.1% in the treatment group and 91.0% in the control group with negligible variation among the two groups (p = 0.9824; 95% confidence interval: -0.0781-0.0798). Similarly, hardly no difference was found in the negative conversion rate of H. pylori between the treatment group and the control group (i.e., 70.1% and 71.8% respectively, p = 0.8125). There were no significant differences in respiratory rate, vital signs, blood pressure, laboratory results for blood biochemistry, urine analysis, liver and renal function tests between the two groups. The ECG assessment carried out for the treatment and control group revealed no considerable difference. Margin variation in the disappearance time of gastric pain (p = 0.1860) and remission rate (p = 0.5784) between the two groups were observed. The control group exhibited a faster remission period for gastrointestinal discomfort indications as compared to treatment group (p = 0.0430). Only one patient in the control group experienced mild to moderate adverse events, namely,; epigastric pain and dyspepsia. The results were consistent with the intention-to-treat and per-protocol analysis that included patients who were 100% compliant to the assigned therapy. Conclusion: The lower limit of confidence interval (CI, 95%) for the differences in the effective rate between the treatment and the control groups was found to be -0.0781 which is greater than -0.15, hence the treatment group is non-inferior to the control group. The therapeutic dosage used in the trial and treatment period did not cause any significant adverse event, and there were no obvious changes in the ECG profile, vital signs and biochemistry of the patients. Based on the clinical efficacy evaluation and reported adverse events, it can be concluded that the HTJWT is a safe and effective traditional chinese medicine for the treatment of patients suffering from chronic non-atrophic gastritis with mild to moderate symptoms. Clinical Trial Registration: [www.clinicaltrials.gov], identifier [NCT04672018].
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- Muhammad Raza Shah
- Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- National Institute of Liver & GI Diseases (NILGID), DOW University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- National Institute of Liver & GI Diseases (NILGID), DOW University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- The Indus Hospital Karachi, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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- Hunan Xinhui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Xinhui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Changsha, Hunan, China
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- TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
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Wang Y, Li J, Hu H, Wu Y, Chen S, Feng X, Wang T, Wang Y, Wu S, Luo H. Distinct microbiome of tongue coating and gut in type 2 diabetes with yellow tongue coating. Heliyon 2024; 10:e22615. [PMID: 38163136 PMCID: PMC10756968 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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The gut microbiome plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the inconvenience of obtaining fecal samples hinders the clinical application of gut microbiome analysis. In this study, we hypothesized that tongue coating color is associated with the severity of T2DM. Therefore, we aimed to compare tongue coating, gut microbiomes, and various clinical parameters between patients with T2DM with yellow (YC) and non-yellow tongue coatings (NYC). Tongue coating and gut microbiomes of 27 patients with T2DM (13 with YC and 14 with NYC) were analyzed using 16S rDNA gene sequencing technology. Additionally, we measured glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), random blood glucose (RBG), fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial blood glucose (PBG), insulin (INS), glucagon (GC), body mass index (BMI), and homeostasis model assessment of β-cell function (HOMA-β) levels for each patient. The correlation between tongue coating and the gut microbiomes was also analyzed. Our findings provide evidence that the levels of Lactobacillus spp. are significantly higher in both the tongue coating and the gut microbiomes of patients with YC. Additionally, we observed that elevated INS and GC levels, along with decreased BMI and HOMA-β levels, were indicative of a more severe condition in patients with T2DM with YC. Moreover, our results suggest that the composition of the tongue coating may reflect the presence of Lactobacillus spp. in the gut. These results provide insights regarding the potential relationship between tongue coating color, the gut microbiome, and T2DM.
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- Yao Wang
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hainan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- West China Hospital Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Science and Technology Innovation Center, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Hainan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hainan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hainan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Haikou, Hainan Province, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Yu Z, Wu Z, Wang Z, Wang Y, Zhou M, Li W, Liu G, Tang Y. Network-Based Methods and Their Applications in Drug Discovery. J Chem Inf Model 2024; 64:57-75. [PMID: 38150548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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Drug discovery is time-consuming, expensive, and predominantly follows the "one drug → one target → one disease" paradigm. With the rapid development of systems biology and network pharmacology, a novel drug discovery paradigm, "multidrug → multitarget → multidisease", has emerged. This new holistic paradigm of drug discovery aligns well with the essence of networks, leading to the emergence of network-based methods in the field of drug discovery. In this Perspective, we initially introduce the concept and data sources of networks and highlight classical methodologies employed in network-based methods. Subsequently, we focus on the practical applications of network-based methods across various areas of drug discovery, such as target prediction, virtual screening, prediction of drug therapeutic effects or adverse drug events, and elucidation of molecular mechanisms. In addition, we provide representative web servers for researchers to use network-based methods in specific applications. Finally, we discuss several challenges of network-based methods and the directions for future development. In a word, network-based methods could serve as powerful tools to accelerate drug discovery.
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- Zhuohang Yu
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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Zhang P, Zhang D, Zhou W, Wang L, Wang B, Zhang T, Li S. Network pharmacology: towards the artificial intelligence-based precision traditional Chinese medicine. Brief Bioinform 2023; 25:bbad518. [PMID: 38197310 PMCID: PMC10777171 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbad518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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Network pharmacology (NP) provides a new methodological perspective for understanding traditional medicine from a holistic perspective, giving rise to frontiers such as traditional Chinese medicine network pharmacology (TCM-NP). With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, it is key for NP to develop network-based AI methods to reveal the treatment mechanism of complex diseases from massive omics data. In this review, focusing on the TCM-NP, we summarize involved AI methods into three categories: network relationship mining, network target positioning and network target navigating, and present the typical application of TCM-NP in uncovering biological basis and clinical value of Cold/Hot syndromes. Collectively, our review provides researchers with an innovative overview of the methodological progress of NP and its application in TCM from the AI perspective.
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- Peng Zhang
- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- China Mobile Information System Integration Co., Ltd, Beijing 100032, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Hu Y, Lv X, Wei W, Li X, Zhang K, Zhu L, Gan T, Zeng H, Yang J, Rao N. Quantitative Analysis on Molecular Characteristics Evolution of Gastric Cancer Progression and Prognosis. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2023; 7:e2300129. [PMID: 37357148 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202300129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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The dynamic changes of key biological characteristics from gastric low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (LGIN) to high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (HGIN) to early gastric cancer (EGC) are still unclear, which greatly affect the accurate diagnosis and treatment of EGC and prognosis evaluation of gastric cancer (GC). In this study, bioinformatics methods/tools are applied to quantitatively analyze molecular characteristics evolution of GC progression, and a prognosis model is constructed. This study finds that some dysregulated differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) in the LGIN stage may continue to promote the occurrence and development of EGC. Among the LGIN, HGIN, and EGC stages, there are differences and relevance in the transcription expression patterns of DEmRNAs, and the activation related to immune cells is very different. The biological functions continuously changed during the progression from LGIN to HGIN to EGC. The COX model constructed based on the three EGC-related DEmRNAs has GC prognostic risk prediction ability. The evolution of biological characteristics during the development of EGC mined by the authors provides new insight into understanding the molecular mechanism of EGC occurrence and development. The three-gene prognostic risk model provides a new method for assisting GC clinical treatment decisions.
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- Yeting Hu
- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Digestive Endoscopic Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610017, China
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- Digestive Endoscopic Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610017, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Digestive Endoscopic Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610017, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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Sekaran K, Varghese RP, Zayed H, El Allali A, George Priya Doss C. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals crucial oncogenic signatures and its associative cell types involved in gastric cancer. Med Oncol 2023; 40:305. [PMID: 37740827 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-023-02174-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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The intricate association of oncogenic markers negatively impacts accurate gastric cancer diagnosis and leads to the proliferation of mortality rate. Molecular heterogeneity is inevitable in determining gastric cancer's progression state with multiple cell types involved. Identification of pathogenic gene signatures is imperative to understand the disease's etiology. This study demonstrates a systematic approach to identifying oncogenic gastric cancer genes linked with different cell types. The raw counts of adjacent normal and gastric cancer samples are subjected to a quality control step. The dimensionality reduction and multidimensional clustering are performed using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) techniques. The adjacent normal and gastric cancer sample cell clusters are annotated with the Human Primary Cell Atlas database using the "SingleR." Cellular state transition between the distinct groups is characterized using trajectory analysis. The ligand-receptor interaction between Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and cell clusters unveils crucial molecular pathways in gastric cancer progression. Chondrocytes, Smooth muscle cells, and fibroblast cell clusters contain genes contributing to poor survival rates based on hazard ratio during survival analysis. The GC-related oncogenic signatures are isolated by comparing the gene set with the DisGeNET database. Twelve gastric cancer biomarkers (SPARC, KLF5, HLA-DRB1, IGFBP3, TIMP3, LGALS1, IGFBP6, COL18A1, F3, COL4A1, PDGFRB, COL5A2) are linked with gastric cancer and further validated through gene set enrichment analysis. Drug-gene interaction found PDGFRB, interacting with various anti-cancer drugs, as a potential inhibitor for gastric cancer. Further investigations on these molecular signatures will assist the development of precision therapeutics, promising longevity among gastric cancer patients.
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- Karthik Sekaran
- School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco
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- School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Zhang Q, Yang M, Zhang P, Wu B, Wei X, Li S. Deciphering gastric inflammation-induced tumorigenesis through multi-omics data and AI methods. Cancer Biol Med 2023; 21:j.issn.2095-3941.2023.0129. [PMID: 37589244 PMCID: PMC11033716 DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2023.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Gastric cancer (GC), the fifth most common cancer globally, remains the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Inflammation-induced tumorigenesis is the predominant process in GC development; therefore, systematic research in this area should improve understanding of the biological mechanisms that initiate GC development and promote cancer hallmarks. Here, we summarize biological knowledge regarding gastric inflammation-induced tumorigenesis, and characterize the multi-omics data and systems biology methods for investigating GC development. Of note, we highlight pioneering studies in multi-omics data and state-of-the-art network-based algorithms used for dissecting the features of gastric inflammation-induced tumorigenesis, and we propose translational applications in early GC warning biomarkers and precise treatment strategies. This review offers integrative insights for GC research, with the goal of paving the way to novel paradigms for GC precision oncology and prevention.
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- Qian Zhang
- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Yang L, Liu X, Zhu J, Zhang X, Li Y, Chen J, Liu H. Progress in traditional Chinese medicine against chronic gastritis: From chronic non-atrophic gastritis to gastric precancerous lesions. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16764. [PMID: 37313135 PMCID: PMC10258419 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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Chronic gastritis (CG) is a persistent inflammation of the gastric mucosa that can cause uncomfortable symptoms in patients. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used to treat CG due to its precise efficacy, minimal side effects, and holistic approach. Clinical studies have confirmed the effectiveness of TCM in treating CG, although the mechanisms underlying this treatment have not yet been fully elucidated. In this review, we summarized the clinical research and mechanisms of TCM used to treat CG. Studies have shown that TCM mechanisms for CG treatment include H. pylori eradication, anti-inflammatory effects, immune modulation, regulation of gastric mucosal cell proliferation, apoptosis, and autophagy levels.
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- Liangjun Yang
- Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China
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- Lin ‘an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China
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- Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310012, China
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Zhang P, Wang B, Li S. Network-based cancer precision prevention with artificial intelligence and multi-omics. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2023:S2095-9273(23)00342-0. [PMID: 37258376 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- Peng Zhang
- Institute of TCM-X/MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of TCM-X/MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of TCM-X/MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Ma G, Li C, Ji P, Chen Y, Li A, Hu Q, Song Z, Tang BQ, Jia D, Wei Y, Li T. Association of traditional Chinese medicine body constitution and cold syndrome with leukocyte mitochondrial functions: An observational study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e32694. [PMID: 36749256 PMCID: PMC9902006 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000032694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Body constitution in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) refers to the holistic and relatively durable state of an individual, based on the qi and blood assessment, and TCM syndrome is defined as the theoretical abstraction of disease-symptom profiles. The biological basis as related to mitochondria, which produce most of the cellular energy, has not been well studied. This study aimed to elucidate the association of mitochondrial function with TCM body constitution and cold syndrome. Body constitution and cold syndrome in TCM were assessed using the Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire (CCMQ). The mitochondrial function of peripheral leukocytes was evaluated based on oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and enzyme activity; OCR reflects mitochondrial activity and the capacity to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Cellular adenosine nucleotides and malondialdehyde levels were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography to assess the potential bioenergetic mechanisms. A total of 283 adults participated in this study. Leukocytes from subjects with a balanced constitution had higher OCRs than those with unbalanced constitutions. Yang deficiency and cold syndrome also demonstrated lower energy metabolism, as indicated by reduced basal metabolic rate and cellular levels of ATP and malondialdehyde. Decreased mitochondrial enzyme activity has been observed in individuals with the cold syndrome. Unbalanced body constitutions in TCM impair mitochondrial function in leukocytes, which may contribute to the high disease susceptibility. Cold syndrome is characterized by reduced mitochondrial mass, which may explain its symptoms of low-energy metabolism and cold intolerance.
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- Guangyin Ma
- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Langfang, China
- * Corresponding authors: Tongju Li, Ennova Institute of Life Science and Technology, Huaxiang Road 118, Langfang 065001, China (e-mail: )
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Integrated System Pharmacology Approaches to Elucidate Multi-Target Mechanism of Solanum surattense against Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27196220. [PMID: 36234758 PMCID: PMC9570789 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant liver tumors with high mortality. Chronic hepatitis B and C viruses, aflatoxins, and alcohol are among the most common causes of hepatocellular carcinoma. The limited reported data and multiple spectra of pathophysiological mechanisms of HCC make it a challenging task and a serious economic burden in health care management. Solanum surattense (S. surattense) is the herbal plant used in many regions of Asia to treat many disorders including various types of cancer. Previous in vitro studies revealed the medicinal importance of S. surattense against hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the exact molecular mechanism of S. surattense against HCC still remains unclear. In vitro and in silico experiments were performed to find the molecular mechanism of S. surattense against HCC. In this study, the network pharmacology approach was used, through which multi-targeted mechanisms of S. surattense were explored against HCC. Active ingredients and potential targets of S. surattense found in HCC were figured out. Furthermore, the molecular docking technique was employed for the validation of the successful activity of bioactive constituents against potential genes of HCC. The present study investigated the active “constituent–target–pathway” networks and determined the tumor necrosis factor (TNF), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), Bcl-2-like protein 1(BCL2L1), estrogen receptor (ER), GTPase HRas, hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha (HIF1-α), Harvey Rat sarcoma virus, also known as transforming protein p21 (HRAS), and AKT Serine/Threonine Kinase 1 (AKT1), and found that the genes were influenced by active ingredients of S. surattense. In vitro analysis was also performed to check the anti-cancerous activity of S. surattense on human liver cells. The result showed that S. surattense appeared to act on HCC via modulating different molecular functions, many biological processes, and potential targets implicated in 11 different pathways. Furthermore, molecular docking was employed to validate the successful activity of the active compounds against potential targets. The results showed that quercetin was successfully docked to inhibit the potential targets of HCC. This study indicates that active constituents of S. surattense and their therapeutic targets are responsible for their pharmacological activities and possible molecular mechanisms for treating HCC. Lastly, it is concluded that active compounds of S. surattense act on potential genes along with their influencing pathways to give a network analysis in system pharmacology, which has a vital role in the development and utilization of drugs. The current study lays a framework for further experimental research and widens the clinical usage of S. surattense.
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Chen HF, Gong Y, Huang Z, Zhao G, Chen ZM, Zen YM, Li HZ, Hu YL. Efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine Qirui Weishu capsule in treating chronic non-atrophic gastritis: A multicentre, double-blind, randomized controlled clinical trial. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2022; 294:115341. [PMID: 35551978 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE QiruiWeishu capsule is an herbal preparation from a herbal formula prescribed by an experienced doctor at Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. It has been used clinically for more than 30 years. Abdominal pain, distension, and nausea are common symptoms of chronic non-atrophic gastritis with erosion dampness and heat stasis syndrome, and this herbal medicine has been used to treat them. AIM OF THE STUDY To verify the clinical efficacy and safety of QiruiWeishu capsule in the treatment of chronic non-atrophic gastritis with damp-heat stasis syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a multicenter randomized double-blind clinical trial with positive herbal drug SanjiuWeitai capsule as control and superiority test of main efficacy. A total of 477 subjects with chronic non-atrophic gastritis with erosion diagnosed by gastroscopy and pathological biopsy were randomly divided into QiruiWeishu capsule and SanjiuWeitai groups respectively in a ratio of 3:1. During the trial, subjects were required to complete medication for 28 days. The primary outcome was the disappearance rate of epigastric pain from baseline to 4weeks. At baseline, treatment at 1, 2, and 4 weeks, and follow-up at 8 and 16 weeks, the epigastric pain and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom scores were evaluated; gastroscopy, histopathology, and the helicobacter pylori test were evaluated at baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment. The safety assessment included blood routine, liver and kidney function, coagulation of laboratory tests, and electrocardiogram (ECG). RESULTS Both groups of subjects had a high level of medication adherence (defined as treatment completion for over 80%) (346/357, 96.9% in Qirui Weishu group vs 118/120, 98.3% in Sanjiu Weitai group; p > 0.05). The QiruiWeishu capsule was significantly better than SanjiuWeitai capsule in disappearance rate of epigastric pain (64.2%, 229/357vs 46.7%, 56/120; p < 0.001),especially subgroupsubjects with moderate epigastric pain (65.0%, 89/137 vs 30.4%, 14/46; p < 0.001), grade1 erythema (67.7%, 149/220 vs 51.9%, 42/81; p = 0.011) and grade 2 erythema (57.6%, 70/121 vs37.1%, 13/35; p = 0.050) of gastroscopy, grade 2 erosion (66.7%, 118/177 vs43.9%, 25/57; p = 0.002) of gastroscopy and Helicobacter pylori negative (65.4%, 155/237 vs 42.7%, 35/82; p < 0.001) at baseline. For the scores of TCM symptoms in QiruiWeishu group were significantly lower than those in SanjiuWeitai group after 28 days of treatment (p = 0.002). The number and incidence of adverse events related to the trial drug were 14/355 (3.9%) in QiruiWeishu group, 6/118 (5.1%) in SanjiuWeitai group (p > 0.05). No serious adverse reactions occurred in the two groups. According to laboratory tests and ECG, there was no discernible effect on heart, liver, kidney, or blood coagulation function. CONCLUSION Qirui Weishu capsule appears to be more effective in terms of symptoms than the SanjiuWeitai capsule, and its use is both safe and effective for the treatment of chronic non-atrophic gastritis. A further randomized, double-blind, placebo-control trial is warranted to verify its benefit.
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- Hua-Fang Chen
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 325000, PR China.
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- General Hospital of the PLA Northern Theater Command, Liaoning, 110016, PR China.
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- Children's Drug Research Institute of Jianmin Group, Hubei, 430050, PR China.
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- Children's Drug Research Institute of Jianmin Group, Hubei, 430050, PR China.
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- Ningbo Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang, 315010, PR China.
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- Wenzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang, 325000, PR China.
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300150, PR China.
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- Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hubei, 430060, PR China.
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Hou S, Zhang P, Yang K, Wang L, Ma C, Li Y, Li S. Decoding multilevel relationships with the human tissue-cell-molecule network. Brief Bioinform 2022; 23:6585388. [PMID: 35551347 DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbac170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Understanding the biological functions of molecules in specific human tissues or cell types is crucial for gaining insights into human physiology and disease. To address this issue, it is essential to systematically uncover associations among multilevel elements consisting of disease phenotypes, tissues, cell types and molecules, which could pose a challenge because of their heterogeneity and incompleteness. To address this challenge, we describe a new methodological framework, called Graph Local InfoMax (GLIM), based on a human multilevel network (HMLN) that we established by introducing multiple tissues and cell types on top of molecular networks. GLIM can systematically mine the potential relationships between multilevel elements by embedding the features of the HMLN through contrastive learning. Our simulation results demonstrated that GLIM consistently outperforms other state-of-the-art algorithms in disease gene prediction. Moreover, GLIM was also successfully used to infer cell markers and rewire intercellular and molecular interactions in the context of specific tissues or diseases. As a typical case, the tissue-cell-molecule network underlying gastritis and gastric cancer was first uncovered by GLIM, providing systematic insights into the mechanism underlying the occurrence and development of gastric cancer. Overall, our constructed methodological framework has the potential to systematically uncover complex disease mechanisms and mine high-quality relationships among phenotypical, tissue, cellular and molecular elements.
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- Siyu Hou
- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.,School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Institute for TCM-X, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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Bahari F, Yavari M. Hot and Cold Theory: Evidence in Systems Biology. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1343:135-160. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80983-6_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Namiranian P, Naghizadeh A, Adel-Mehraban MS, Karimi M. Hot and Cold Theory: Evidence in Physiology. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1343:119-133. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80983-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Network Pharmacology to Uncover the Biological Basis of Spleen Qi Deficiency Syndrome and Herbal Treatment. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2020; 2020:2974268. [PMID: 32908629 PMCID: PMC7474375 DOI: 10.1155/2020/2974268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Spleen qi deficiency (SQD) syndrome is one of the basic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes related to various diseases including chronic inflammation and hypertension and guides the use of many herbal formulae. However, the biological basis of SQD syndrome has not been clearly elucidated due to the lack of appropriate methodologies. Here, we propose a network pharmacology strategy integrating computational, clinical, and experimental investigation to study the biological basis of SQD syndrome. From computational aspects, we used a powerful disease gene prediction algorithm to predict the SQD syndrome biomolecular network which is significantly enriched in biological functions including immune regulation, oxidative stress, and lipid metabolism. From clinical aspects, SQD syndrome is involved in both the local and holistic disorders, that is, the digestive diseases and the whole body's dysfunctions. We, respectively, investigate SQD syndrome-related digestive diseases including chronic gastritis and irritable bowel syndrome and the whole body's dysfunctions such as chronic fatigue syndrome and hypertension. We found innate immune and oxidative stress modules of SQD syndrome biomolecular network dysfunction in chronic gastritis patients and irritable bowel syndrome patients. Lymphocyte modules were downregulated in chronic fatigue syndrome patients and hypertension patients. From experimental aspects, network pharmacology analysis suggested that targets of Radix Astragali and other four herbs commonly used for SQD syndrome are significantly enriched in the SQD syndrome biomolecular network. Experiments further validated that Radix Astragali ingredients promoted immune modules such as macrophage proliferation and lymphocyte proliferation. These findings indicate that the biological basis of SQD syndrome is closely related to insufficient immune response including decreased macrophage activity and reduced lymphocyte proliferation. This study not only demonstrates the potential biological basis of SQD syndrome but also provides a novel strategy for exploring relevant molecular mechanisms of disease-syndrome-herb from the network pharmacology perspective.
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Network Pharmacology Analysis and Experiments Validation of the Inhibitory Effect of JianPi Fu Recipe on Colorectal Cancer LoVo Cells Metastasis and Growth. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2020; 2020:4517483. [PMID: 32774415 PMCID: PMC7399765 DOI: 10.1155/2020/4517483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Objective To analyze the active compounds, potential targets, and diseases of JianPi Fu Recipe (JPFR) based on network pharmacology and bioinformatics and verify the potential biological function and mechanism of JPFR in vitro and in vivo. Methods Network pharmacology databases including TCMSP, TCM-PTD, TCMID, and DrugBank were used to screen the active compounds and potential drug targets of JPFR. Cytoscape 3.7 software was applied to construct the interaction network between active compounds and potential targets. The DAVID online database analysis was performed to investigate the potential effective diseases and involved signaling pathways according to the results of the GO function and KEGG pathways enrichment analysis. To ensure standardization and maintain interbatch reliability of JPFR, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) was used to establish a "chemical fingerprint." For biological function validation, the effect of JPFR on the proliferation and migration of CRC cells in vitro was investigated by CCK-8 and transwell and wound healing assay, and the effect of JPFR on the growth and metastasis of CRC cells in vivo was detected by building a lung metastasis model in nude mice and in vivo imaging. For the potential mechanism validation, the expressions of MALAT1, PTBP-2, and β-catenin in CRC cells and transplanted CRC tumors were detected by real-time PCR, western blot, and immunohistochemical staining analysis. Results According to the rules of oral bioavailability (OB) > 30% and drug-likeness (DL) > 0.18, 244 effective compounds in JPFR were screened out, as well as the corresponding 132 potential drug targets. By the analysis of DAVID database, all these key targets were associated closely with the cancer diseases such as prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, multiple signaling pathways were closely related to JPFR, including p53, Wnt, PI3K-Akt, IL-17, HIF-1, p38-MAPK, NF-κB, PD-L1 expression and PD-1 checkpoint pathway, VEGF, JAK-STAT, and Hippo. The systematical analysis showed that various active compounds of JPFR were closely connected with Wnt/β-catenin, EGFR, HIF-1, TGFβ/Smads, and IL6-STAT3 signaling pathway, including kaempferol, isorhamnetin, calycosin, quercetin, medicarpin, phaseol, spinasterol, hederagenin, beta-sitosterol, wighteone, luteolin, and isotrifoliol. For in vitro experiments, the migration and growth of human CRC cells were inhibited by the JPFR extract in a dose-dependent way, and the expression of MALAT1, PTBP-2, β-catenin, MMP7, c-Myc, and Cyclin D1 in CRC cells were downregulated by the JPFR extract in a dose-dependent way. For in vivo metastasis experiments, the numbers of lung metastasis were found to be decreased by the JPFR extract in a dose-dependent manner, and the expressions of metastasis-associated genes including MALAT1, PTBP-2, β-catenin, and MMP7 in the lung metastases were downregulated dose dependently by the JPFR extract. For the orthotopic transplanted tumor experiments, the JPFR extract could inhibit the growth of orthotopic transplanted tumors and downregulate the expression of c-Myc and Cyclin D1 in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, the JPFR extract could prolong the survival time of tumor-bearing mice in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusions Through effective network pharmacology analysis, we found that JPFR contains many effective compounds which may directly target cancer-associated signaling pathways. The in vitro and in vivo experiments further confirmed that JPFR could inhibit the growth and metastasis of CRC cells by regulating β-catenin signaling-associated genes or proteins.
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Lee GA, Chang CM, Wu YC, Ma RY, Chen CY, Hsue YT, Liao NS, Chang HH. Chinese herbal medicine SS-1 inhibits T cell activation and abrogates T H responses in Sjögren's syndrome. J Formos Med Assoc 2020; 120:651-659. [PMID: 32741737 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease and its conventional treatment has exhibited limited therapeutic efficacy. Traditional Chinese medicine has been demonstrated to ameliorate the sicca symptoms of SS by decreasing the level of TH1 and TH2 cytokines and increasing salivary flow rate. A newly designed traditional Chinese medicine, SS-1, showed improved efficacy in alleviating the dryness symptoms of SS patients in the National Taiwan SS cohort investigation. Here, we investigated the effect of SS-1 on T cell responses. METHODS SS-1 was authenticated and its major compounds were verified by high-performance liquid chromatography. We examined the effects of SS-1 on the activation and TH1, TH2, and TH17 polarization of murine T cells. We also determined the level of TH1, TH2, and TH17 cytokine RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of SS patients before and after SS-1 treatment. RESULTS SS-1 treatment inhibits the activation and TH1, TH2, and IL-17A+IFNγ+ TH polarization of murine T cells. SS-1 treatment also significantly reduces IFN-γ, IL-4, and IL-13 expression, and moderately reduces IL-17A expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of SS patients. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that SS-1 inhibits T cell activation and diminishes TH1, TH2, and IL-17+IFN-γ+ TH responses in SS patients.
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- Gilbert Aaron Lee
- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Traditional Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, and Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, and Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Li JS, Liu XF, Dong HR, Zheng WC, Feng SX, Tian YG, Zhao P, Ma JD, Ren ZX, Xie Y. Effective-constituent compatibility-based analysis of Bufei Yishen formula, a traditional herbal compound as an effective treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE-JIM 2020; 18:351-362. [PMID: 32565294 DOI: 10.1016/j.joim.2020.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Critical effective constituents were identified from Bufei Yishen formula (BYF), a traditional herbal compound and combined as effective-constituent compatibility (ECC) of BYF I, which may have potential bioactive equivalence to BYF. METHODS The active constituents of BYF were identified using four cellular models and categorised into Groups 1 (Bufeiqi), 2 (Bushen), 3 (Huatan) and 4 (Huoxue) according to Chinese medicinal theory. An orthogonal design and a combination method were used to determine the optimal ratios of effective constituents in each group and the ratios of "Groups 1 to 4" according to their pharmacological activity. We also comprehensively assessed bioactive equivalence between the BYF and the ECC of BYF I in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). RESULTS We identified 12 active constituents in BYF. The numbers of constituents in Groups 1 to 4 were 3, 2, 5 and 2, respectively. We identified the optimal ratios of effective constituents within each group. In Group 1, total ginsenosides:Astragalus polysaccharide:astragaloside IV ratio was 9:5:2. In Group 2, icariin:schisandrin B ratio was 100:12.5. In Group 3, nobiletin:hesperidin:peimine:peiminine:kaempferol ratio was 4:30:6.25:0:0. In Group 4, paeoniflorin:paeonol ratio was 4:1. An orthogonal design was then used to establish the optimal ratios of Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 in ECC of BYF I. The ratio for total ginsenosides:Astragalus polysaccharide:astragaloside IV:icariin:schisandrin B:nobiletin:hesperidin:peimine:paeoniflorin:paeonol was determined to be 22.5:12.5:5:100:12.5:4:30:6.25:25:6.25. A comprehensive evaluation confirmed that ECC of BYF I presented with bioactive equivalence to the original BYF. CONCLUSION Based on the ECC of traditional Chinese medicine formula method, the effective constituents of BYF were identified and combined in a fixed ratio as ECC of BYF I that was as effective as BYF itself in treating rats with COPD.
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- Jian-Sheng Li
- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China.
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China; Co-construction Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases by Henan & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450046, Henan Province, China
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Liu M, Wang X, Wu F, Dai N, Chen M, Yu J, Guan J, Li F. Variations of Oral Microbiome in Chronic Insomnia Patients with Different Tongue Features. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2020; 48:923-944. [PMID: 32436424 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x20500445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Chronic insomnia is a disease which brings intense mental pain and disturbing complications to patients worldwide. The oral microbiome exhibits a mechanistic influence on human health. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the oral microbial diversity in insomnia. Tongue diagnosis has been considered a critical basic procedure in insomnia therapeutic decision-making in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Hence, it is significant to elucidate the various oral microbiome differences in chronic insomnia patients with different tongue features. In this paper, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing and bioinformatics analysis to investigate dynamic changes in oral bacterial profile and correlations between chronic insomnia patients and healthy individuals, as well as in patients with different tongue coatings. Moreover, the relationship between the severity of insomnia and oral microbiota was explored. Our findings showed that chronic insomnia patients harbored a significantly higher diversity of oral bacteria when compared to healthy controls. More importantly, the results revealed that the diversity and relative abundance of the bacterial community was significantly altered among different tongue coatings in patients but not in healthy individuals. Oral bacteria with a relative abundance [Formula: see text]1% and [Formula: see text] among different tongue groups were considered remarkable bacteria, which included three phyla Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Gracilibacteria, and four genera, Streptococcus, Prevotella_7, Rothia, and Neisseria. Our findings indicate that changes in oral microbiome correlate with tongue coatings in patients with chronic insomnia. Thus, the remarkable microbiome may provide inspiration for further studies on the correlation between tongue diagnosis and oral microbiome in chronic insomnia patients.
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- Meng Liu
- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Chinese Medicine School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Guo JC, Zhang P, Zhou L, You L, Liu QF, Zhang ZG, Sun B, Liang ZY, Lu J, Yuan D, Tan AD, Sun J, Liao Q, Dai MH, Xiao GG, Li S, Zhang TP. Prognostic and predictive value of a five-molecule panel in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A multicentre study. EBioMedicine 2020; 55:102767. [PMID: 32361251 PMCID: PMC7195527 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a devastating prognosis. The performance of clinicopathologic parameters and molecules as prognostic factors remains limited and inconsistent. The present study aimed to construct a multi-molecule biomarker panel to more accurately predict post-resectional prognosis of PDAC patients. Methods Firstly, a novel computational strategy integrating prognostic evidence from omics and literature on the basis of bioinformatics prediction (CIPHER) to generate the network, was designed to systematically identify potential high-confidence PDAC-related prognostic candidates. After specimens from 605 resected PDAC patients were retrospectively collected, 23 candidates were detected immunohistochemically in tissue-microarrays for the development cohort to construct a multi-molecule panel. Lastly, the panel was validated in two independent cohorts. Findings According to the constructed five-molecule panel, disease-specific survival (DSS) was significantly poorer in high-risk patients than in low-risk ones in development cohort (HR 2.15, 95%CI 1.51–3.05, P<0.0001; AUC 0.67). In two validation cohorts, similar significant differences between the two groups were also observed (HR 3.18 and 3.31, 95%CI 1.89–5.37 and 1.78–6.16, All P<0.0001; AUC 0.72 and 0.73). In multivariate analyses, this panel was the sole prognosticator that was significant in each cohort. Furthermore, its predictive power for long-term survival, higher than its individual constituents, could be largely enhanced by combination with traditional clinicopathological variables. Finally, adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) correlated with better DSS only in high-risk patients, uni- and multi-variately, in all the cohorts. Interpretation The novel prognostic panel developed by a systematically network-based strategy presents strong ability in prediction of post-resectional survival of PDAC patients. Furthermore, panel-defined high-risk patients might benefit more from ACT.
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- Jun-Chao Guo
- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Lin WX, Du X, Yang LL, Chen SY, Qiu WY, Wu HW, Zhao G, Feng YH, Yu QY, Tian H, Luo SP, Gao J. Differences in the Composition of Vaginal Microbiota between Women Exhibiting Spleen-Deficiency Syndrome and Women with Damp-Heat Syndrome, Two of the Most Common Syndromes of Vaginitis in Traditional Chinese Medicine. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2019; 2019:5456379. [PMID: 31772596 PMCID: PMC6855005 DOI: 10.1155/2019/5456379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Spleen-deficiency syndrome and damp-heat syndrome are the two most common syndromes of vaginitis in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Although it is known that the vaginal microbiota is closely associated with vaginitis, present studies have not fully elucidated the relationship between the composition of the vaginal microbiome and type of TCM syndrome because of the limitations in the present reductionist approaches. Samples of vaginal secretions were collected from patients with bacterial vaginitis and healthy subjects with spleen-deficiency syndrome and damp-heat syndrome, in order to analyze the constitution of the vaginal microflora using 16S rRNA sequencing methods that encompass taxonomic units, alpha diversity rarefaction curves, and principal component analyses. This prospective study indicated that there was a statistically significant difference in the composition of the vaginal microbiome between patients with spleen-deficiency syndrome and patients with damp-heat syndrome. Streptococcus was the dominant microbiota in patients with spleen-deficiency syndrome. This can serve as a biomarker for differentiating spleen-deficiency syndrome and damp-heat syndrome. In addition, as indicated by the findings on the samples, patients with bacterial vaginitis of dominant abundance in Pseudomonadaceae might be prone to manifest spleen-deficiency syndrome, while patients with bacterial vaginitis of dominant abundance in Prevotella might be prone to manifest damp-heat syndrome. These present findings can provide a new approach to acquire a scientific understanding of the syndromes of TCM, which in turn would benefit the development of personalized medicine, in terms of ancient medicine and complex biological systems.
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- Wei Xian Lin
- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- First School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Cui J, Cui H, Yang M, Du S, Li J, Li Y, Liu L, Zhang X, Li S. Tongue coating microbiome as a potential biomarker for gastritis including precancerous cascade. Protein Cell 2019; 10:496-509. [PMID: 30478535 PMCID: PMC6588651 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-018-0596-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The development of gastritis is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Current invasive gastritis diagnostic methods are not suitable for monitoring progress. In this work based on 78 gastritis patients and 50 healthy individuals, we observed that the variation of tongue-coating microbiota was associated with the occurrence and development of gastritis. Twenty-one microbial species were identified for differentiating tongue-coating microbiomes of gastritis and healthy individuals. Pathways such as microbial metabolism in diverse environments, biosynthesis of antibiotics and bacterial chemotaxis were up-regulated in gastritis patients. The abundance of Campylobacter concisus was found associated with the gastric precancerous cascade. Furthermore, Campylobacter concisus could be detected in tongue coating and gastric fluid in a validation cohort containing 38 gastritis patients. These observations provided biological evidence of tongue diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine, and indicated that tongue-coating microbiome could be a potential non-invasive biomarker, which might be suitable for long-term monitoring of gastritis.
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- Jiaxing Cui
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- School of Life Sciences and Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X center/Bioinformatics Division, BNRist/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- School of Life Sciences and Center for Synthetic and Systems Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Yan ZX, Dai YK, Ma T, Lin XY, Chen WH, Liu YM, Zu RZ, Zhang XB, Jiang P, Yang JH, Li S, Zheng LS, Lin ZW. Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine for chronic gastritis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e15710. [PMID: 31096520 PMCID: PMC6531175 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000015710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To systematically evaluate efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in treating chronic gastritis (CG). METHODS Data sources from PubMed, Embase, Springer Link, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Scientific Journals Database, Chinese Biomedicine Database, and Wan-fang database were searched up to July 5, 2018. Review Manager software version 5.3, the Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool, and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation profiler software were conducted for this meta-analysis. RESULTS Sixteen studies involving 1673 participants (906 vs 767) were included in this study. Pooled data showed significant statistical differences between TCM groups and current routine pharmacotherapy (RP) groups in overall clinical efficacy (odds ratio [OR] 4.65; 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.29, 6.56; P < .00001), efficacy under endoscopy (OR 2.46; 95% CI 1.12, 5.43; P = .03), stomach distension (mean difference [MD] -0.37; 95% CI -0.56, -0.19; P < .0001), stomachache (standardized MD [SMD] -0.80; 95% CI -1.45, -0.14; P = .02), and belching (SMD -2.00; 95% CI -3.80, -0.20; P = .03). However, acid regurgitation (SMD -0.71; 95% CI -1.69, 0.28; P = .16) and anorexia (SMD -0.75; 95% CI -2.30, 0.80; P = .35) showed no significant statistical differences between 2 groups. In addition, incidence of adverse reactions of TCM groups was lower than that of RP groups. CONCLUSION Evidence from this meta-analysis suggests that TCM could be more efficacious than current RP in treating CG. But further standardized research of rigorous design should be needed to further validate its efficacy.
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- Zi-xing Yan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ningxia People's Hospital, Yinchuan, Ningxia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- The First Clinical College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- The First Clinical College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- The First Clinical College, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Fuzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian
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Zhang P, Yang M, Zhang Y, Xiao S, Lai X, Tan A, Du S, Li S. Dissecting the Single-Cell Transcriptome Network Underlying Gastric Premalignant Lesions and Early Gastric Cancer. Cell Rep 2019; 27:1934-1947.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tian G, Wu C, Li J, Liang B, Zhang F, Fan X, Li Z, Wang Y, Li Z, Liu D, Lai-Han Leung E, Chen J. Network pharmacology based investigation into the effect and mechanism of Modified Sijunzi Decoction against the subtypes of chronic atrophic gastritis. Pharmacol Res 2019; 144:158-166. [PMID: 30991106 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2019.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) is a common digestive disease without specific treatment. According to syndrome differentiation, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) classified it into different syndromes and has achieved significant therapeutic effects. In this study, immune repertoire sequencing techniques combined with symptom scores, electronic gastroscopy as well as pathologic changes were used to evaluate the effect and the underlying mechanism of Modified Sijunzi Decoction (MSD) in treating CAG. The results showed that MSD could relieve CAG symptoms, improve pathologic changes in CAG with fatigue and tiredness symptom, but with no help in CAG with reversal heat symptom. Moreover, MSD could regulate immune disorders in CAG with fatigue and tiredness symptom, and 7 TCR biomarkers were explored in CAG patients with immune disorders. All these results indicated that MSD is effective in treating CAG patients with fatigue and tiredness symptom by tonifying the spleen qi, suggesting that CAG treatment based on syndrome differentiation is reasonable.
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- Guihua Tian
- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China; The Biomedical Sciences Institute of Qingdao University (Qingdao Branch of SJTU Bio-X Institutes), Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine/Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
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- Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China
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- Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine/Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Guo Y, Bao C, Ma D, Cao Y, Li Y, Xie Z, Li S. Network-Based Combinatorial CRISPR-Cas9 Screens Identify Synergistic Modules in Human Cells. ACS Synth Biol 2019; 8:482-490. [PMID: 30762338 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tumorigenesis is a complex process that is driven by a combination of networks of genes and environmental factors; however, efficient approaches to identifying functional networks that are perturbed by the process of tumorigenesis are lacking. In this study, we provide a comprehensive network-based strategy for the systematic discovery of functional synergistic modules that are causal determinants of inflammation-induced tumorigenesis. Our approach prioritizes candidate genes selected by integrating clinical-based and network-based genome-wide gene prediction methods and identifies functional synergistic modules based on combinatorial CRISPR-Cas9 screening. On the basis of candidate genes inferred de novo from experimental and computational methods to be involved in inflammation and cancer, we used an existing TGFβ1-induced cellular transformation model in colonic epithelial cells and a new combinatorial CRISPR-Cas9 screening strategy to construct an inflammation-induced differential genetic interaction network. The inflammation-induced differential genetic interaction network that we generated yielded functional insights into the genes and functional module combinations, and showed varied responses to the inflammation agents as well as active traditional Chinese medicine compounds. We identified opposing differential genetic interactions of inflammation-induced tumorigenesis: synergistic promotion and suppression. The synergistic promotion state was primarily caused by deletions in the immune and metabolism modules; the synergistic suppression state was primarily induced by deletions in the proliferation and immune modules or in the proliferation and metabolism modules. These results provide insight into possible early combinational targets and biomarkers for inflammation-induced tumorigenesis and highlight the synergistic effects that occur among immune, proliferation, and metabolism modules. In conclusion, this approach deepens the understanding of the underlying mechanisms that cause inflammation to potentially increase the cancer risk of colonic epithelial cells and accelerate the translation into novel functional modules or synergistic module combinations that modulate complex disease phenotypes.
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- Yucheng Guo
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division/TFIDT, BNRist, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Zheng J, Wu M, Wang H, Li S, Wang X, Li Y, Wang D, Li S. Network Pharmacology to Unveil the Biological Basis of Health-Strengthening Herbal Medicine in Cancer Treatment. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 10:cancers10110461. [PMID: 30469422 PMCID: PMC6266222 DOI: 10.3390/cancers10110461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Health-strengthening (Fu-Zheng) herbs is a representative type of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) widely used for cancer treatment in China, which is in contrast to pathogen eliminating (Qu-Xie) herbs. However, the commonness in the biological basis of health-strengthening herbs remains to be holistically elucidated. In this study, an innovative high-throughput research strategy integrating computational and experimental methods of network pharmacology was proposed, and 22 health-strengthening herbs were selected for the investigation. Additionally, 25 pathogen-eliminating herbs were included for comparison. First, based on network-based, large-scale target prediction, we analyzed the target profiles of 1446 TCM compounds. Next, the actions of 166 compounds on 420 antitumor or immune-related genes were measured using a unique high-throughput screening strategy by high-throughput sequencing, referred to as HTS2. Furthermore, the structural information and the antitumor activity of the compounds in health-strengthening and pathogen-eliminating herbs were compared. Using network pharmacology analysis, we discovered that: (1) Functionally, the predicted targets of compounds from health strengthening herbs were enriched in both immune-related and antitumor pathways, similar to those of pathogen eliminating herbs. As a case study, galloylpaeoniflorin, a compound in a health strengthening herb Radix Paeoniae Alba (Bai Shao), was found to exert antitumor effects both in vivo and in vitro. Yet the inhibitory effects of the compounds from pathogen eliminating herbs on tumor cells proliferation as a whole were significantly stronger than those in health-strengthening herbs (p < 0.001). Moreover, the percentage of assay compounds in health-strengthening herbs with the predicted targets enriched in the immune-related pathways (e.g., natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity and antigen processing and presentation) were significantly higher than that in pathogen-eliminating herbs (p < 0.05). This finding was supported by the immune-enhancing effects of a group of compounds from health-strengthening herbs indicated by differentially expressed genes in the HTS2 results. (2) Compounds in the same herb may exhibit the same or distinguished mechanisms in cancer treatment, which was demonstrated as the compounds influence pathway gene expressions in the same or opposite directions. For example, acetyl ursolic acid and specnuezhenide in a health-strengthening herb Fructus Ligustri lucidi (Nv Zhen Zi) both upregulated gene expressions in T cell receptor signaling pathway. Together, this study suggested greater potentials in tumor immune microenvironment regulation and tumor prevention than in direct killing tumor cells of health-strengthening herbs generally, and provided a systematic strategy for unveiling the commonness in the biological basis of health-strengthening herbs in cancer treatment.
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- Jiahui Zheng
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; Bioinformatics Division Biology/Center for TCM-X, BNRist, TFIDT/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; Bioinformatics Division Biology/Center for TCM-X, BNRist, TFIDT/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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- Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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- Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; Bioinformatics Division Biology/Center for TCM-X, BNRist, TFIDT/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Nature Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, 100730 Beijing, China.
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- Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics; Bioinformatics Division Biology/Center for TCM-X, BNRist, TFIDT/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China.
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Zhao Y, Mao YF, Tang YS, Ni MZ, Liu QH, Wang Y, Feng Q, Peng JH, Hu YY. Altered oral microbiota in chronic hepatitis B patients with different tongue coatings. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24:3448-3461. [PMID: 30122883 PMCID: PMC6092577 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i30.3448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To elucidate tongue coating microbiota and metabolic differences in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with yellow or white tongue coatings.
METHODS Tongue coating samples were collected from 53 CHB patients (28 CHB yellow tongue coating patients and 25 CHB white tongue coating patients) and 22 healthy controls. Microbial DNA was extracted from the tongue samples, and the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene V3 region was amplified from all samples and sequenced with the Ion Torrent PGM™ sequencing platform according to the standard protocols. The metabolites in the tongue coatings were evaluated using a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) platform. Statistical analyses were then performed.
RESULTS The relative compositions of the tongue coating microbiotas and metabolites in the CHB patients were significantly different from those of the healthy controls, but the tongue coating microbiota abundances and diversity levels were not significantly different. Compared with the CHB white tongue coating patients, the CHB yellow tongue coating patients had higher hepatitis B viral DNA (HBV-DNA) titers (median 21210 vs 500, respectively, P = 0.03) and a significantly lower level of Bacteroidetes (20.14% vs 27.93%, respectively, P = 0.013) and higher level of Proteobacteria (25.99% vs 18.17%, respectively, P = 0.045) in the microbial compositions at the phylum level. The inferred metagenomic pathways enriched in the CHB yellow tongue coating patients were mainly those involved in amino acid metabolism, which was consistent with the metabolic disorder. The abundances of bacteria from Bacteroidales at the order level were higher in the CHB white tongue coating patients (19.2% vs 27.22%, respectively, P = 0.011), whereas Neisseriales were enriched in the yellow tongue coating patients (21.85% vs 13.83%, respectively, P = 0.029). At the family level, the abundance of Neisseriaceae in the yellow tongue patients was positively correlated with the HBV-DNA level but negatively correlated with the S-adenosyl-L-methionine level.
CONCLUSION This research illustrates specific clinical features and bacterial structures in CHB patients with different tongue coatings, which facilitates understanding of the traditional tongue diagnosis.
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- Yu Zhao
- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Liver Diseases, Key Laboratory of Liver and Kidney Diseases (Ministry of Education), Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
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Xi D, Bao T, Chen Q, Chen S, Cheng YC, Cullen J, Frank DA, Friedberg JW, Kronish I, Lee JE, Levine M, Li P, Li S, Lu W, Mao JJ, O'Keefe S, Rubinstein L, Shah MA, Standish L, Paller CJ, Chu E. State of the Science: Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapeutics Research-NCI Strategic Workshop Highlights of Discussion Report. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2018; 2017:4617818. [PMID: 29140484 DOI: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgx003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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In May 2016, the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Division of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, of the National Cancer Institute convened a special workshop focused on the State of the Science: Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapeutics Research. The current state of the science, gaps, and future opportunities were reviewed and discussed by a distinguished panel of experts in this field of research, and the highlights of this meeting are reported herein.
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- Dan Xi
- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; University of Florida, Gainsville, FL; Yale University, New Haven, CT; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University, New York, NY; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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MUC1 and MUC5AC Acting on Helicobacter pylori-Related Deficiency and Solid Syndrome of Spleen and Stomach. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2018; 2018:9761919. [PMID: 29849739 PMCID: PMC5937449 DOI: 10.1155/2018/9761919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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To investigate the relationship of MUC1, MUC5AC, and the syndrome of spleen and stomach, 109 subjects (34 peptic ulcer (PU), 62 chronic gastritis (CG), and 13 healthy volunteers (CON)) were included. All the subjects included were surveyed with questionnaire to classify them into damp-heat syndrome of spleen and stomach (DHSS), spleen-qi deficiency syndrome (SQD), and CON, examined by gastric endoscope, and biopsied. Rapid urease and methylene blue staining (MBS) were performed on every subject to diagnose for Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection, and both were defined as Hp-positive. Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining was performed on every specimen to explore the histomorphology, inflammatory degree, and inflammatory activity of different groups; then Elivision™ plus kit was used to test the expression of MUC1 and MUC5AC. All the results of digital images were reviewed by two experts blindly. The inflammatory degree with Hp infection was higher than those uninfected or CON, but no significant difference was found between DHSS and SQD. And the expressions of MUC5AC with positive Hp was higher than those with negative Hp or CON regardless of the deficiency and solid syndrome of spleen-stomach but not for MUC1. We speculate that the deficiency and solid syndrome of spleen-stomach is a condition like Tai Ji symbol of dynamic equilibrium, showing the higher expression of MUC5AC but no change of MUC1 in the circumstance of Hp infection.
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Wen L, Liu YF, Jiang C, Zeng SQ, Su Y, Wu WJ, Liu XY, Wang J, Liu Y, Su C, Li BX, Feng QS. Comparative Proteomic Profiling and Biomarker Identification of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based HIV/AIDS Syndromes. Sci Rep 2018. [PMID: 29520099 PMCID: PMC5843661 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22611-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Given the challenges in exploring lifelong therapy with little side effect for human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases, there is increasing interest in developing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments based on specific TCM syndrome. However, there are few objective and biological evidences for classification and diagnosis of HIV/AIDS TCM syndromes to date. In this study, iTRAQ-2DLC-MS/MS coupled with bioinformatics were firstly employed for comparative proteomic profiling of top popular TCM syndromes of HIV/AIDS: accumulation of heat-toxicity (AHT) and Yang deficiency of spleen and kidney (YDSK). It was found that for the two TCM syndromes, the identified differential expressed proteins (DEPs) as well as their biological function distributions and participation in signaling pathways were significantly different, providing biological evidence for the classification of HIV/AIDS TCM syndromes. Furthermore, the TCM syndrome-specific DEPs were confirmed as biomarkers based on western blot analyses, including FN1, GPX3, KRT10 for AHT and RBP4, ApoE, KNG1 for YDSK. These biomarkers also biologically linked with the specific TCM syndrome closely. Thus the clinical and biological basis for differentiation and diagnosis of HIV/AIDs TCM syndromes were provided for the first time, providing more opportunities for stable exertion and better application of TCM efficacy and superiority in HIV/AIDS treatment.
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- TCM Center for AIDS Prevention and Treatment, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- TCM Center for AIDS Prevention and Treatment, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China.
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- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China.
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Xu WM, Yang K, Jiang LJ, Hu JQ, Zhou XZ. Integrated Modules Analysis to Explore the Molecular Mechanisms of Phlegm-Stasis Cementation Syndrome with Ischemic Heart Disease. Front Physiol 2018; 9:7. [PMID: 29403392 PMCID: PMC5786858 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) has been the leading cause of death for several decades globally, IHD patients usually hold the symptoms of phlegm-stasis cementation syndrome (PSCS) as significant complications. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of PSCS complicated with IHD have not yet been fully elucidated. Materials and Methods: Network medicine methods were utilized to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of IHD phenotypes. Firstly, high-quality IHD-associated genes from both human curated disease-gene association database and biomedical literatures were integrated. Secondly, the IHD disease modules were obtained by dissecting the protein-protein interaction (PPI) topological modules in the String V9.1 database and the mapping of IHD-associated genes to the PPI topological modules. After that, molecular functional analyses (e.g., Gene Ontology and pathway enrichment analyses) for these IHD disease modules were conducted. Finally, the PSCS syndrome modules were identified by mapping the PSCS related symptom-genes to the IHD disease modules, which were further validated by both pharmacological and physiological evidences derived from published literatures. Results: The total of 1,056 high-quality IHD-associated genes were integrated and evaluated. In addition, eight IHD disease modules (the PPI sub-networks significantly relevant to IHD) were identified, in which two disease modules were relevant to PSCS syndrome (i.e., two PSCS syndrome modules). These two modules had enriched pathways on Toll-like receptor signaling pathway (hsa04620) and Renin-angiotensin system (hsa04614), with the molecular functions of angiotensin maturation (GO:0002003) and response to bacterium (GO:0009617), which had been validated by classical Chinese herbal formulas-related targets, IHD-related drug targets, and the phenotype features derived from human phenotype ontology (HPO) and published biomedical literatures. Conclusion: A network medicine-based approach was proposed to identify the underlying molecular modules of PSCS complicated with IHD, which could be used for interpreting the pharmacological mechanisms of well-established Chinese herbal formulas (e.g., Tao Hong Si Wu Tang, Dan Shen Yin, Hunag Lian Wen Dan Tang and Gua Lou Xie Bai Ban Xia Tang). In addition, these results delivered novel understandings of the molecular network mechanisms of IHD phenotype subtypes with PSCS complications, which would be both insightful for IHD precision medicine and the integration of disease and TCM syndrome diagnoses.
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- Research Centre for Disease and Syndrome, Institute of Basic Theory for Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology and Beijing Key Lab of Traffic Data Analysis and Mining, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
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- Research Centre for Disease and Syndrome, Institute of Basic Theory for Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Research Centre for Disease and Syndrome, Institute of Basic Theory for Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology and Beijing Key Lab of Traffic Data Analysis and Mining, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
- Data Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhang Y, Mao X, Guo Q, Bai M, Zhang B, Liu C, Sun Y, Li S, Lin N. Pathway of PPAR-gamma coactivators in thermogenesis: a pivotal traditional Chinese medicine-associated target for individualized treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Oncotarget 2017; 7:15885-900. [PMID: 26895106 PMCID: PMC4941284 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes have been regarded as the crucial clinical manifestations for individualized diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and cancer. Especially, RA patients are classified into cold and hot syndromes with different clinical manifestations, interventions and molecular mechanisms. Better effectiveness of a classic cold syndrome-specific herbal formula Wu-tou decoction (WTD) has been achieved. To explore molecular mechanisms of syndrome-specific formulae is of great clinical significance to improve the effectiveness and pertinence of treatment for the complex diseases with personalized conditions. However, the scientific basis of WTD treatment on RA with the cold syndrome remains unclear. Here, we predicted the putative targets for composite compounds contained in WTD using drugCIPHER-CS and constructed a WTD herbs-putative targets-RA related genes network. Next, a list of major WTD targets was identified based on their topological features, including the degree, node betweenness, closeness and k-coreness in the above pharmacological network. Importantly, pathway enrichment analysis revealed that these major WTD targets were significantly associated with the pathway of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma (PPAR-γ) coactivators in thermogenesis. These computational findings were subsequently verified by experiments on a rat model of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) with cold or hot syndromes, and on human fibroblast-like synoviocytes-rheumatoid arthritis (HFLS-RA) cell line. In conclusion, the pathway of PPAR-γ coactivators in thermogenesis might be one of the potential pharmacological targets of WTD to alleviate RA with the TCM cold syndrome. These findings may open new avenues for designing individualized treatment regimens for RA patients.
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- Yanqiong Zhang
- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine, Tianjin 300457, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
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Wanqun C, Ling H, Heyuan L, Qi L, Dongmei F, Yunzhan Z. Interleukin-12 and interferon-γ acting on damp-heat of spleen-stomach syndrome triggered by helicobacter pylori. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(18)30047-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Guo Y, Nie Q, MacLean AL, Li Y, Lei J, Li S. Multiscale Modeling of Inflammation-Induced Tumorigenesis Reveals Competing Oncogenic and Oncoprotective Roles for Inflammation. Cancer Res 2017; 77:6429-6441. [PMID: 28951462 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-1662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Chronic inflammation is a serious risk factor for cancer; however, the routes from inflammation to cancer are poorly understood. On the basis of the processes implicated by frequently mutated genes associated with inflammation and cancer in three organs (stomach, colon, and liver) extracted from the Gene Expression Omnibus, The Cancer Genome Atlas, and Gene Ontology databases, we present a multiscale model of the long-term evolutionary dynamics leading from inflammation to tumorigenesis. The model incorporates cross-talk among interactions on several scales, including responses to DNA damage, gene mutation, cell-cycle behavior, population dynamics, inflammation, and metabolism-immune balance. Model simulations revealed two stages of inflammation-induced tumorigenesis: a precancerous state and tumorigenesis. The precancerous state was mainly caused by mutations in the cell proliferation pathway; the transition from the precancerous to tumorigenic states was induced by mutations in pathways associated with apoptosis, differentiation, and metabolism-immune balance. We identified opposing effects of inflammation on tumorigenesis. Mild inflammation removed cells with DNA damage through DNA damage-induced cell death, whereas severe inflammation accelerated accumulation of mutations and hence promoted tumorigenesis. These results provide insight into the evolutionary dynamics of inflammation-induced tumorigenesis and highlight the combinatorial effects of inflammation and metabolism-immune balance. This approach establishes methods for quantifying cancer risk, for the discovery of driver pathways in inflammation-induced tumorigenesis, and has direct relevance for early detection and prevention and development of new treatment regimes. Cancer Res; 77(22); 6429-41. ©2017 AACR.
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- Yucheng Guo
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Department of Development and Cell Biology, Center for Mathematical and Computational Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Department of Mathematics, Department of Development and Cell Biology, Center for Mathematical and Computational Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Zhou Pei-Yuan Center for Applied Mathematics, MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and TCM-X Center/Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Network pharmacology exploration reveals endothelial inflammation as a common mechanism for stroke and coronary artery disease treatment of Danhong injection. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15427. [PMID: 29133791 PMCID: PMC5684234 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14692-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Although Danhong injection (DHI) is the most widely prescribed Chinese medicine for both stroke and coronary artery disease (CAD), its underlying common molecular mechanisms remain unclear. An integrated network pharmacology and experimental verification approach was used to decipher common pharmacological mechanisms of DHI on stroke and CAD treatment. A compound-target-disease & function-pathway network was constructed and analyzed, indicating that 37 ingredients derived from DH (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge., Flos Carthami tinctorii and DHI) modulated 68 common targets shared by stroke and CAD. In-depth network analysis results of the top diseases, functions, pathways and upstream regulators implied that a common underlying mechanism linking DHI’s role in stroke and CAD treatment was inflammatory response in the process of atherosclerosis. Experimentally, DHI exerted comprehensive anti-inflammatory effects on LPS, ox-LDL or cholesterol crystal-induced NF-κB, c-jun and p38 activation, as well as IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-10 secretion in vascular endothelial cells. Ten of 14 predicted ingredients were verified to have significant anti-inflammatory activities on LPS-induced endothelial inflammation. DHI exerts pharmacological efficacies on both stroke and CAD through multi-ingredient, multi-target, multi-function and multi-pathway mode. Anti-endothelial inflammation therapy serves as a common underlying mechanism. This study provides a new understanding of DHI in clinical application on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
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Evaluation of the Bacterial Diversity in the Human Tongue Coating Based on Genus-Specific Primers for 16S rRNA Sequencing. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:8184160. [PMID: 28904972 PMCID: PMC5585543 DOI: 10.1155/2017/8184160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2017] [Revised: 06/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The characteristics of tongue coating are very important symbols for disease diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theory. As a habitat of oral microbiota, bacteria on the tongue dorsum have been proved to be the cause of many oral diseases. The high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms have been widely applied in the analysis of bacterial 16S rRNA gene. We developed a methodology based on genus-specific multiprimer amplification and ligation-based sequencing for microbiota analysis. In order to validate the efficiency of the approach, we thoroughly analyzed six tongue coating samples from lung cancer patients with different TCM types, and more than 600 genera of bacteria were detected by this platform. The results showed that ligation-based parallel sequencing combined with enzyme digestion and multiamplification could expand the effective length of sequencing reads and could be applied in the microbiota analysis.
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Liu BC, Ji G. Sparking Thinking: Studying Modern Precision Medicine Will Accelerate the Progression of Traditional Chinese Medicine Patterns. J Altern Complement Med 2017; 23:502-504. [DOI: 10.1089/acm.2016.0383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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- Bao-Cheng Liu
- Shanghai Innovation Center of TCM Health Service, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Digestive Disease, China-Canada Center of Research for Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Zhang Q, Yu H, Qi J, Tang D, Chen X, Wan JB, Li P, Hu H, Wang YT, Hu Y. Natural formulas and the nature of formulas: Exploring potential therapeutic targets based on traditional Chinese herbal formulas. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171628. [PMID: 28182702 PMCID: PMC5300118 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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By comparing the target proteins (TPs) of classic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herbal formulas and modern drugs used for treating coronary artery disease (CAD), this study aimed to identify potential therapeutic TPs for treating CAD. Based on the theory of TCM, the Xuefu-Zhuyu decoction (XZD) and Gualou-Xiebai-Banxia decoction (GXBD), both of which are classic herbal formulas, were selected for treating CAD. Data on the chemical ingredients and corresponding TPs of the herbs in these two formulas and data on modern drugs approved for treating CAD and related TPs were retrieved from professional TCM and bioinformatics databases. Based on the associations between the drugs or ingredients and their TPs, the TP networks of XZD, GXBD, and modern drugs approved for treating CAD were constructed separately and then integrated to create a complex master network in which the vertices represent the TPs and the edges, the ingredients or drugs that are linked to the TPs. The reliability of this master network was validated through statistical tests. The common TPs of the two herbal formulas have a higher possibility of being targeted by modern drugs in comparison with the formula-specific TPs. A total of 114 common XZD and GXBD TPs that are not yet the target of modern drugs used for treating CAD should be experimentally investigated as potential therapeutic targets for treating CAD. Among these TPs, the top 10 are NOS3, PTPN1, GABRA1, PRKACA, CDK2, MAOB, ESR1, ADH1C, ADH1B, and AKR1B1. The results of this study provide a valuable reference for further experimental investigations of therapeutic targets for CAD. The established method shows promise for searching for potential therapeutic TPs based on herbal formulas. It is crucial for this work to select beneficial therapeutic targets of TCM, typical TCM syndromes, and corresponding classic formulas.
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- Qianru Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
- Pharmacy School, Zunyi Medical College, Zunyi, Guizhou, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Complex Prescription of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, the People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, the People’s Republic of China
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Relationship of the Cold-Heat Sensation of the Limbs and Abdomen with Physiological Biomarkers. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2016; 2016:2718051. [PMID: 27818698 PMCID: PMC5080491 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2718051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The present study explored the relationship between the regional Cold-Heat sensation, the key indicator of the Cold-Heat patterns in traditional East Asian medicine (TEAM), and various biomarkers in Korean population. 734 apparently healthy volunteers aged 20 years and older were enrolled. Three scale self-report questions on the general thermal feel in hands, legs, and abdomen were examined. We found that 65% of women tended to perceive their body, particularly their hands and legs, to be cold, versus 25% of men. Energy expenditure and temperature load at resting state were lower in women, independently of body mass index (BMI). Those with warm hands and warm legs had a 0.74 and 0.52 kg/m2 higher BMI than those with cold hands and cold legs, respectively, regardless of age, gender, and body weight. Norepinephrine was higher, whereas the dynamic changes in glucose and insulin during an oral glucose tolerance test were lower in those with cold extremities, particularly hands. No consistent differences in biomarkers were found for the abdominal dimension. These results suggest that gender, BMI, the sympathetic nervous system, and glucose metabolism are potential determinants of the Cold-Heat sensation in the hands and legs, but not the abdomen.
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Guo H, Niu X, Gu Y, Lu C, Xiao C, Yue K, Zhang G, Pan X, Jiang M, Tan Y, Kong H, Liu Z, Xu G, Lu A. Differential Amino Acid, Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Perpetuations Involved in a Subtype of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Chinese Medicine Cold Pattern. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17101757. [PMID: 27775663 PMCID: PMC5085781 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17101757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pattern classification is a key approach in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and it is used to classify the patients for intervention selection accordingly. TCM cold and heat patterns, two main patterns of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) had been explored with systems biology approaches. Different regulations of apoptosis were found to be involved in cold and heat classification in our previous works. For this study, the metabolic profiling of plasma was explored in RA patients with typical TCM cold or heat patterns by integrating liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) platforms in conjunction with the Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) software. Three main processes of metabolism, including amino acid, carbohydrate and lipid were focused on for function analysis. The results showed that 29 and 19 differential metabolites were found in cold and heat patterns respectively, compared with healthy controls. The perturbation of amino acid metabolism (increased essential amino acids), carbohydrate metabolism (galactose metabolism) and lipid metabolism, were found to be involved in both cold and heat pattern RA. In particular, more metabolic perturbations in protein and collagen breakdown, decreased glycolytic activity and aerobic oxidation, and increased energy utilization associated with RA cold pattern patients. These findings may be useful for obtaining a better understanding of RA pathogenesis and for achieving a better efficacy in RA clinical practice.
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- Hongtao Guo
- Department of Rheumatology, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of TCM, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
- School of Medicine, Shanxi Datong University, Datong 037009, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong 00852, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Scientific Research Administration, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
- Department of Rheumatology, People Hospital of Yichun City, Yichun 336000, China.
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- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong 00852, Hong Kong, China.
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- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong 00852, Hong Kong, China.
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- Jinan University & Hong Kong Baptist University Joint Laboratory of Innovative Drug Development, Institute of Biomedicine (Guangzhou), Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong 00852, Hong Kong, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
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- Institute of Basic Theory of TCM, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong 00852, Hong Kong, China.
- E-Institute of Chinese Traditional Internal Medicine, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Shanghai 201203, China.
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Zhang B, Lu C, Bai M, He X, Tan Y, Bian Y, Xiao C, Zhang G, Lu A, Li S. Tetramethylpyrazine identified by a network pharmacology approach ameliorates methotrexate-induced oxidative organ injury. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 175:638-647. [PMID: 26435225 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is one of the active constituents extracted from a frequently used herb, Ligusticum wallichii Franchat (Chuan-Xiong in Chinese), in traditional Chinese medicine. TMP can exert multiple pharmacological actions such as anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative damage, anti-platelet and neuroprotective effects, and its applications deserve further explored. AIM OF THE STUDY This study aimed to determine the new role of TMP identified by a network pharmacology approach to alleviate the methotrexate (MTX)-induced oxidative injury and characterize their mechanism of combinational actions. MATERIALS AND METHODS A network pharmacology-based screening strategy is applied for target profile prediction and pharmacological characterization of herbal compounds, which is used to guide the following in vitro and in vivo experiments. The effect of herbal compounds identified by network pharmacology approaches to reduce the toxicity of MTX was assessed by MTX-induced rat toxicity model. The potential targets of TMP in this study were evaluated using standard protocols provided by Cerep, Inc. RESULTS This strategy identified TMP from Ligusticum wallichii Franchat as a potent compound for ameliorating the oxidative organ injury of MTX. According to the predicted target profiles of TMP, a possible mechanism of the abrogation of MTX-induced toxicity is that TMP could upregulate cAMP by inhibiting phosphodiesterase (PDE) 10A2 activity. Another novel finding is that the competitive binding and antagonistic effects of TMP on adenosine receptor 2A and 2B appear to play important roles in the TMP-mediated reversal of MTX-induced hepatic injury. CONCLUSION TMP identified by a network pharmacology approach could ameliorate MTX-induced oxidative organ injury. This study provides important evidence for the preclinical evaluation of TMP and MTX as a novel combinatorial remedy.
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- Bo Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Tianjin International Joint Academy of Biotechnology & Medicine, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China; Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 00852, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China
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- China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100030, China
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- Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 00852, China
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- Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China; Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 00852, China.
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST/Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Wu XM, Wu CF. Network pharmacology: a new approach to unveiling Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chin J Nat Med 2015; 13:1-2. [PMID: 25660283 DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(15)60001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Xiao-Ming Wu
- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical Uninersity, Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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Li R, Chen T, Li S. Network-based method to infer the contributions of proteins to the etiology of drug side effects. QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s40484-015-0051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wu T, Zhang S, Guo S, Gu Y, Dou L, Wang Y, Zhang H, Cao S, Li Y, Zhong Y. Correspondence analysis between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome differentiation and histopathology in colorectal cancer. Eur J Integr Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Herb Network Analysis for a Famous TCM Doctor's Prescriptions on Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2015; 2015:451319. [PMID: 25983850 PMCID: PMC4423032 DOI: 10.1155/2015/451319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctors always prescribe various herbal formulae tailored to individual patients. However, there is still a lack of appropriate methods to study the rule and potential biological basis underlying the numerous prescriptions. Here we developed an Herb-Compound-Target-Disease coherent network approach to analyze 871 herbal prescriptions from a TCM master, Mr. Ji-Ren Li, in his clinical practice on treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The core herb networks were extracted from Mr. Li's prescriptions. Then, we predicted target profiles of compounds in core herb networks and calculated potential synergistic activities among them. We further found that the target sets of core herbs overlapped significantly with the RA related biological processes and pathways. Moreover, we detected a possible connection between the prescribed herbs with different properties such as Cold and Hot and the Western drugs with different actions such as immunomodulatory and hormone regulation on treatment of RA. In summary, we explored a new application of TCM network pharmacology on the analysis of TCM prescriptions and detected the networked core herbs, their potential synergistic and biological activities, and possible connections with drugs. This work offers a novel way to understand TCM prescriptions in clinical practice.
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Phenomics research on coronary heart disease based on human phenotype ontology. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2014:240284. [PMID: 25610858 PMCID: PMC4279366 DOI: 10.1155/2014/240284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2014] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The characteristics of holistic, dynamics, complexity, and spatial and temporal features enable "Omics" and theories of TCM to interlink with each other. HPO, namely, "characterization," can be understood as a sorting and generalization of the manifestations shown by people with diseases on the basis of the phenomics. Syndrome is the overall "manifestation" of human body pathological and physiological changes expressed by four diagnostic methods' information. The four diagnostic methods' data could be the most objective and direct manifestations of human body under morbid conditions. In this aspect, it is consistent with the connation of "characterization." Meanwhile, the four diagnostic methods' data also equip us with features of characterization in HPO. In our study, we compared 107 pieces of four diagnostic methods' information with the "characterization database" to further analyze data of four diagnostic methods' characterization in accordance with the common characteristics of four diagnostic methods' information and characterization and integrated 107 pieces of four diagnostic methods' data to relevant items in HPO and finished the expansion of characterization information in HPO.
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Liang X, Li H, Li S. A novel network pharmacology approach to analyse traditional herbal formulae: the Liu-Wei-Di-Huang pill as a case study. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2014; 10:1014-22. [PMID: 24492828 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70507b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms of the pharmacological effects of herbal formulae from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is important for their appropriate application. However, this understanding has been impeded by the complex nature of herbal formulae. A herbal formula is a mixture of hundreds of chemical ingredients with multiple potential targets. The effects produced by an entire herbal formula cannot be adequately explained by considering separately each ingredient in it. This is a recognised problem that remains in need of methods to solve it. Here we introduce a holistic analysis method to decipher the molecular mechanisms of herbal formulae. This method combines chemical and therapeutic properties with network pharmacology, using a novel approach to evaluate the importance of the targets and ingredients of herbal formulae. We used the Liu-Wei-Di-Huang (LWDH) pill, a classic herbal formula, as an example to illustrate our method and validated some results by a following experiment. We revealed the core molecular targets and bioprocess network of the pharmacological effects of LWDH and inferred its therapeutic indications. This method provides a novel strategy to understand the mechanisms of herbal formulae in a holistic way and implies new applications of classic herbal formulae.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xujun Liang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Bioinformatics Division, TNLIST, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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