NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2020, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (增刊1): 12-19. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2020.S.003

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Study on the underlying mechanism of Yiguan Decoction in the treatment of hepatic fibrosis with liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome based on network pharmacology

ZHOU Yuan1,YANG Meng-die1,CHEN Xiao-le1,CAI Fei-fei1,WU Rong1,HU Yi-yang2,SU Shi-bing1*   

  1. 1Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Complexity System,Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine;2Liver disease institute,Shuguang Hospital,Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shanghai 201203,China

  • Online:2020-06-28 Published:2020-07-20

Abstract:

Yiguan Decoction is often used for the treatment of hepatic fibrosis with liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome (LKYDS),while the mechanism is not clear.We used the network pharmacology to explore the molecular mechanisms.10 active compounds in Yiguan Decoction and their 6 corresponding target genes in the treatment of hepatic fibrosis with LKYDS were identified after the data mining and the network topology analysis.Then the “compound-target-syndrome” complex network model were constructed to investigate the underlying mechanism of Yiguan Decoction.Meanwhile,it was also found that regulations of immune system,TGF-β signaling and apoptosis were involved in the underlying mechanism of Yiguan Decoction in the treatment of hepatic fibrosis with LKYDS.The network pharmacology analysis was greatly helpful to investigate the underlying mechanism of Yiguan Decoction in the treatment of hepatic fibrosis with LKYDS,and the results may provide more ideas for further studies on the efficacy of Yiguan Decoction.

Key words: Yiguan Decoction, liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome (LKYDS), hepatic fibrosis, network pharmacology

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