Human microecology, especially gut microflora provides unprecedented opportunities and challenges for new drug research and development
10.3867/j.issn.1000-3002.2016.07.001
- VernacularTitle:人体微生态尤其是肠道微生态为新药研发提供前所未有的机遇和挑战
- Author:
Chenggang ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
human microecology;
gut microflora;
gut flora;
new drug research and development;
traditional Chinese medicine;
gut flora-centric theory;
balance between human and microflora
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology
2016;30(7):703-713
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Since entering the 21st century,the trend of high incidence of chronic diseases in the in?ternational community has not been effectively controlled and the pharmaceutical and medical fields are put forward new challenges. Both the development and evaluation of chemical drugs,biological drugs or traditional Chinese medicine are facing with how to significantly improve the efficacy and reduce the side effect of the drugs. With the coming of the accurate medical treatment as well as the big data era,new opportunities and challenges are needed either in the development of new drugs or new use of old drugs. However,as known that the human body consists of the symbiotic microbial groups of human microecological system especially the gut microecology system is more and more important in human health and disease,and even part diseases such as obesity and diabetes have a certain degree of causality with the gut microflora,so we need to reanalyze the core ideas about drug development or even the current medical theory system. Therefore,it is possible to step out of the old way of current drug development in the new period,to make new contributions on the real effective implementation of prevention and control of chronic diseases. According to international human body microecological especially the research progress of gut microecological field,systematic analysis of the problems existing in the current research and development of new drugs,will not only focus on the human body itself,but also the human microecology as well as the balance between human and micro?ecological,which will promote rapid development of research and development of new drugs and prevention and control of chronic disease in order to improve the physical and mental health services in our country.
