1.To explore the molecular mechanism of Guchang-Zhixie pill in the treatment of ulcerative colitis based on network pharmacology
Jianqin XU ; Gaixia LIU ; Tao ZHANG ; Yaohui LI
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2021;43(6):588-593
Objective:To explore the molecular mechanism of Guchang-Zhixie pill in the treatment of ulcerative colitis based on network pharmacology. Methods:Retrieve the TCMSP database to get the effective components and target genes of each drug in Guchang-Zhixie pill, and then retrieve the OMIM database Disgenet database to get disease genes, and then intersect the drug genes and disease genes to get the core genes. Used STRING database to build gene function association network, and used DAVID database to analize go enrichment and pathway enrichment of the core genes. Results:A total of 77 active ingredients and 211 targets of Guchang-Zhixie pill were obtained by TCMSP database, 914 genes of ulcerative colitis were obtained by retrieving disease gene database, 72 core genes were obtained by intersection of drug gene and disease gene. Topology analysis showed that the core targets were IL6, IL1B, MAPK1, VEGFA, MMP9, etc; Twelve enriched biological process clusters were obtained. The biological processes with more contact targets were positive regulation of RNA polymerase Ⅱ promoter transcription and positive regulation of DNA template transcription; A total of 14 enriched pathway clusters were obtained by pathway enrichment analysis, among which TNF signaling pathway and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway were closely related to inflammation and associated with more targets. Conclusion:The target and pathway of Guchang-Zhixie pill in the treatment of ulcerative colitis are preliminarily obtained through database analysis, which has provided the reference for clarifying its mechanism.
2.The advance of research in electro-physiology and chip techniques for olfaction and gustation.
Ying XU ; Yan LI ; Gaixia XU ; Lifeng QIN ; Rong LI ; Xuesong YE ; Ping WANG
Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2006;23(1):216-219
This paper introduces the new research achievement and progress of electro-physiology in olfaction and gustation. Classical implements such as patch-clamp or glass pipette are not appropriate in the dynamic detection of cellular signal transportation. In view of this, we have analyzed the feasibilities and challenges of olfactory or gustatory cell-based biosensors such as field effect transistor (FET) and light addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS). Finally we present the research work carried our in out lab and a future prospective on the development in this field.
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Humans
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Microchip Analytical Procedures
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Smell
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