1.Based on Network Pharmacology to Explore the Mechanism of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills in Treating Psycho-cardiological Disease
Weihua LEI ; Jinyong CAI ; Mengying ZHANG ; Qian ZHAO ; Wenjia WANG ; Shuiping ZHOU ; Yunhui HU ; Ruiming LI
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;27(4):1188-1200
Objective Based on Network pharmacology to explore the mechanism of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills in treating Psycho-cardiological disease.Methods To obtain the validated targets of the complete formulation of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills,data were sourced from databases including China National Knowledge Infrastructure,Wanfang,VIP,and PubMed.Additionally,genes associated with Psycho-cardiological disease were retrieved from the Genecards database.Utilizing the Digital Intelligence Traditional Chinese Medicine Innovation Platform,network proximity was calculated for the obtained targets and genes.The potential targets of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills in the treatment of Psycho-cardiological disease conduct enrichment analysis,trace the source of medicinal materials and effective components absorbed into the blood.Results Obtained 192 targets for the Compound Danshen Dripping Pills,1137 genes for Psycho-cardiological disease,and the network proximity calculation showed a significant correlation between the two(Z-score=-6.5282).The enrichment analysis of the 95 potential targets predominantly reveals their association with several key pathways,including AGE-RAGE signaling in diabetic complications,Lipid and atherosclerosis,fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis,the HIF-1 signaling pathway,TNF signaling.The traceability analysis indicates that 80 targets are associated with three distinct medicinal materials,10 targets are linked to two medicinal materials,and 5 targets are connected to a single medicinal material.95 targets are mainly related to 17 effective blood components such as salvianolic acid B,tanshinone ⅡA,and salvianolic acid A.The top 16 key genes were obtained by sorting the targets based on the Betweenness values corresponding to the blood components.The enrichment analysis of the key gene indicated that the treatment of Psycho-cardiological disease with Compound Danshen Dripping Pills is associated with the positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation and the hypoxia response.Additionally,it is linked to the AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications,fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis,the relaxin signaling pathway,lipid and atherosclerosis,and the TNF signaling pathway,etc.Conclusion The Compound Danshen Dripping Pills may improve Psycho-cardiological disease by regulating inflammatory response,oxidative stress,myocardial ischemia,neuroprotection,and neurotoxicity inhibition through components such as salvianolic acid B,tanshinone ⅡA,tanshinone Ⅰ,salvianolic acid A,protocatechuic acid,etc.
2.Artificial intelligence in traditional Chinese medicine: from systems biological mechanism discovery, real-world clinical evidence inference to personalized clinical decision support.
Dengying YAN ; Qiguang ZHENG ; Kai CHANG ; Rui HUA ; Yiming LIU ; Jingyan XUE ; Zixin SHU ; Yunhui HU ; Pengcheng YANG ; Yu WEI ; Jidong LANG ; Haibin YU ; Xiaodong LI ; Runshun ZHANG ; Wenjia WANG ; Baoyan LIU ; Xuezhong ZHOU
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.) 2025;23(11):1310-1328
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) represents a paradigmatic approach to personalized medicine, developed through the systematic accumulation and refinement of clinical empirical data over more than 2000 years, and now encompasses large-scale electronic medical records (EMR) and experimental molecular data. Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated its utility in medicine through the development of various expert systems (e.g., MYCIN) since the 1970s. With the emergence of deep learning and large language models (LLMs), AI's potential in medicine shows considerable promise. Consequently, the integration of AI and TCM from both clinical and scientific perspectives presents a fundamental and promising research direction. This survey provides an insightful overview of TCM AI research, summarizing related research tasks from three perspectives: systems-level biological mechanism elucidation, real-world clinical evidence inference, and personalized clinical decision support. The review highlights representative AI methodologies alongside their applications in both TCM scientific inquiry and clinical practice. To critically assess the current state of the field, this work identifies major challenges and opportunities that constrain the development of robust research capabilities-particularly in the mechanistic understanding of TCM syndromes and herbal formulations, novel drug discovery, and the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered clinical care. The findings underscore that future advancements in AI-driven TCM research will rely on the development of high-quality, large-scale data repositories; the construction of comprehensive and domain-specific knowledge graphs (KGs); deeper insights into the biological mechanisms underpinning clinical efficacy; rigorous causal inference frameworks; and intelligent, personalized decision support systems.
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3.Based on Network Pharmacology to Explore the Mechanism of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills in Treating Psycho-cardiological Disease
Weihua LEI ; Jinyong CAI ; Mengying ZHANG ; Qian ZHAO ; Wenjia WANG ; Shuiping ZHOU ; Yunhui HU ; Ruiming LI
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2025;27(4):1188-1200
Objective Based on Network pharmacology to explore the mechanism of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills in treating Psycho-cardiological disease.Methods To obtain the validated targets of the complete formulation of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills,data were sourced from databases including China National Knowledge Infrastructure,Wanfang,VIP,and PubMed.Additionally,genes associated with Psycho-cardiological disease were retrieved from the Genecards database.Utilizing the Digital Intelligence Traditional Chinese Medicine Innovation Platform,network proximity was calculated for the obtained targets and genes.The potential targets of Compound Danshen Dripping Pills in the treatment of Psycho-cardiological disease conduct enrichment analysis,trace the source of medicinal materials and effective components absorbed into the blood.Results Obtained 192 targets for the Compound Danshen Dripping Pills,1137 genes for Psycho-cardiological disease,and the network proximity calculation showed a significant correlation between the two(Z-score=-6.5282).The enrichment analysis of the 95 potential targets predominantly reveals their association with several key pathways,including AGE-RAGE signaling in diabetic complications,Lipid and atherosclerosis,fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis,the HIF-1 signaling pathway,TNF signaling.The traceability analysis indicates that 80 targets are associated with three distinct medicinal materials,10 targets are linked to two medicinal materials,and 5 targets are connected to a single medicinal material.95 targets are mainly related to 17 effective blood components such as salvianolic acid B,tanshinone ⅡA,and salvianolic acid A.The top 16 key genes were obtained by sorting the targets based on the Betweenness values corresponding to the blood components.The enrichment analysis of the key gene indicated that the treatment of Psycho-cardiological disease with Compound Danshen Dripping Pills is associated with the positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation and the hypoxia response.Additionally,it is linked to the AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications,fluid shear stress and atherosclerosis,the relaxin signaling pathway,lipid and atherosclerosis,and the TNF signaling pathway,etc.Conclusion The Compound Danshen Dripping Pills may improve Psycho-cardiological disease by regulating inflammatory response,oxidative stress,myocardial ischemia,neuroprotection,and neurotoxicity inhibition through components such as salvianolic acid B,tanshinone ⅡA,tanshinone Ⅰ,salvianolic acid A,protocatechuic acid,etc.
4.Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells attenuate diabetic nephropathy through the IGF1R-CHK2-p53 signalling axis in male rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus
ZHANG HAO ; WANG XINSHU ; HU BO ; LI PEICHENG ; ABUDUAINI YIERFAN ; ZHAO HONGMEI ; JIEENSIHAN AYINAER ; CHEN XISHUANG ; WANG SHIYU ; GUO NUOJIN ; YUAN JIAN ; LI YUNHUI ; LI LEI ; YANG YUNTONG ; LIU ZHONGMIN ; TANG ZHAOSHENG ; WANG HUA
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 2024;25(7):568-580,中插1-中插3
Diabetes mellitus(DM)is a disease syndrome characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia.A long-term high-glucose environment leads to reactive oxygen species(ROS)production and nuclear DNA damage.Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell(HUcMSC)infusion induces significant antidiabetic effects in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)rats.Insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF1)receptor(IGF1R)is important in promoting glucose metabolism in diabetes;however,the mechanism by which HUcMSC can treat diabetes through IGF1R and DNA damage repair remains unclear.In this study,a DM rat model was induced with high-fat diet feeding and streptozotocin(STZ)administration and rats were infused four times with HUcMSC.Blood glucose,interleukin-6(IL-6),IL-10,glomerular basement membrane,and renal function were examined.Proteins that interacted with IGF1R were determined through coimmunoprecipitation assays.The expression of IGF1R,phosphorylated checkpoint kinase 2(p-CHK2),and phosphorylated protein 53(p-p53)was examined using immunohistochemistry(IHC)and western blot analysis.Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to determine the serum levels of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine(8-OHdG).Flow cytometry experiments were used to detect the surface markers of HUcMSC.The identification of the morphology and phenotype of HUcMSC was performed by way of oil red"O"staining and Alizarin red staining.DM rats exhibited abnormal blood glucose and IL-6/10 levels and renal function changes in the glomerular basement membrane,increased the expression of IGF1 and IGF1R.IGF1R interacted with CHK2,and the expression of p-CHK2 was significantly decreased in IGF1R-knockdown cells.When cisplatin was used to induce DNA damage,the expression of p-CHK2 was higher than that in the IGF1R-knockdown group without cisplatin treatment.HUcMSC infusion ameliorated abnormalities and preserved kidney structure and function in DM rats.The expression of IGF1,IGF1R,p-CHK2,and p-p53,and the level of 8-OHdG in the DM group increased significantly compared with those in the control group,and decreased after HUcMSC treatment.Our results suggested that IGF1R could interact with CHK2 and mediate DNA damage.HUcMSC infusion protected against kidney injury in DM rats.The underlying mechanisms may include HUcMSC-mediated enhancement of diabetes treatment via the IGF1R-CHK2-p53 signalling pathway.
5.Progress of Clinical and Pharmacological Mechanisms of Kidney-tonifying Formula for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Meng XIAO ; Xiaolian ZHANG ; Wei LIU ; Jinna YANG ; Wenjia WANG ; Yunhui HU ; Jiansong FANG
Traditional Chinese Drug Research & Clinical Pharmacology 2024;35(10):1628-1636
Alzheimer's disease(AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease with increasing incidence rate. Up to now,there is no ideal treatment for AD. It has become a public health problem worldwide. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) believes that kidney deficiency is the key symptomatic element of deterioration and temporal progression symptoms,accompanied by the AD process. The treatment of tonifying kidneys,supplementing essence and replenishing marrow is the fundamental method for AD in TCM. Clinical studies have shown that kidney-tonifying formula can significantly improve the cognitive function and daily ability of patients with mild and moderate AD and have no obvious adverse reactions. Its mechanism of action may be related to the protection of nerves,reduction of β-amyloid (Aβ) level in the brain,inhibition of inflammatory factors activation and anti-oxidative stress. Besides reviewing the clinical and pharmacological research progress of kidney-tonifying formula for AD,this article also discusses the advantages and shortcomings of kidney-tonifying formula in the prevention and treatment of AD based on TCM theory and modern medical research. The aim of this study is to provide references of kidney nourishing therapy in TCM for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
6.Compound Danshen Dripping Pill inhibits hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis-induced heart failure in ApoE and LDLR dual deficient mice via multiple mechanisms.
Yanfang YANG ; Ke FENG ; Liying YUAN ; Yuxin LIU ; Mengying ZHANG ; Kaimin GUO ; Zequn YIN ; Wenjia WANG ; Shuiping ZHOU ; He SUN ; Kaijing YAN ; Xijun YAN ; Xuerui WANG ; Yajun DUAN ; Yunhui HU ; Jihong HAN
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2023;13(3):1036-1052
Heart failure is the leading cause of death worldwide. Compound Danshen Dripping Pill (CDDP) or CDDP combined with simvastatin has been widely used to treat patients with myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases in China. However, the effect of CDDP on hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis-induced heart failure is unknown. We constructed a new model of heart failure induced by hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and LDL receptor (LDLR) dual deficient (ApoE-/-LDLR-/-) mice and investigated the effect of CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin on the heart failure. CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin inhibited heart injury by multiple actions including anti-myocardial dysfunction and anti-fibrosis. Mechanistically, both Wnt and lysine-specific demethylase 4A (KDM4A) pathways were significantly activated in mice with heart injury. Conversely, CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin inhibited Wnt pathway by markedly up-regulating expression of Wnt inhibitors. While the anti-inflammation and anti-oxidative stress by CDDP were achieved by inhibiting KDM4A expression and activity. In addition, CDDP attenuated simvastatin-induced myolysis in skeletal muscle. Taken together, our study suggests that CDDP or CDDP plus a low dose of simvastatin can be an effective therapy to reduce hypercholesterolemia/atherosclerosis-induced heart failure.
7.Altered topological properties in white matter structural networks in patients with schizophrenia
Dan LYU ; Guangcheng CUI ; Ping LI ; Cuicui JIA ; Qiang HU ; Yunhui CHEN ; Yuhua WANG ; Ameng ZHAO ; Chengchong LI ; Zhenghai SUN
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2019;28(5):421-426
Objective To explore the changes of whole brain white matter ( WM) structural net-work topological property in patients with schizophrenia (SP) and the associations between WM networks to-pological efficiency and clinical variables in patients. Methods Deterministic tractography was used to con-struct the WM networks of 59 patients with SP ( patients group) and 41 age-, handedness-, and gender-matched healthy controls (HCs),and graph theoretical methods were applied to investigate abnormalities in the global and nodal properties of the WM network in these patients. Partial correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between global and nodal properties of the WM network and clinical variables in pa-tients with SP. Results Both the patients with SP and HCs showed small-world organization of the WM net-works. However,compared with HCs,the patients with SP exhibited significant abnormal global topology,in-cluding increased shortest path length ( t=7. 95, P=0. 0001) and decreased global efficiency ( 30. 83 ± 16. 08,8. 25±6. 13,t=-9. 81,P=0. 002),clustering coefficiency (0. 03±0. 01,0. 02±0. 01,t=-4. 48,P=0. 0003),the average clustering coefficiency (t=-8. 28,P=0. 002),the small-worldness (3. 92±0. 79,2. 79 ±0. 56,t=-7. 82,P=0. 001) of their WM structural networks(all P<0. 005,FDR corrected). Further,the patients with SP showed a reduction in nodal efficiency predominately in the cingulate gyrus ( t=-4. 11, P=0. 000),superior occipital gyrus ( t=-6. 05, P=0. 002), superior temporal gyrus ( t=-10. 46, P=0. 001),middle temporal gyrus (t=-10. 38,P=0. 000),thalamus (t=-6. 10,P=0. 000) and putamen ( t=-8. 38,P=0. 000) (P<0. 005,FDR corrected). Partial correlation results showed that there was no signifi-cant correlation between global topological properties,node efficiency and clinical symptoms in patients group (Eglob:r=-0. 14,P=0. 279;Eloc:r=-0. 06,P=0. 628;Lp:r=0. 28,P=0. 031;Cp:r=0. 27,P=0. 043;λ:r=-0. 18,P=0. 166;γ:r=-0. 29,P=0. 026;σ:r=0. 26,P=0. 048;nEglob:r=0. 36,P=0. 005;nEloc:r=0. 02,P=0. 901). Conclusions The patients with SP exhibit the abnormal of whole brain WM structural network topological property and the node efficiencies of cortico-striato-thalamo circuitry are significantly re-duced.
8.A preliminary study of inter-hemispheric resting-state mirror functional homotopy in drug-naive patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Yunhui CHEN ; Ping LI ; Dan LYU ; Guangcheng CUI ; Yuhua WANG ; Qiang HU ; Xin MENG ; Zhenghai SUN ; Liangtang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2018;51(5):304-308
Objective To explore the pattern of inter-hemispheric resting-state mirror functional homotopy in the drug-naive obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Methods Twenty patients with OCD meeting with the DSM-Ⅳ-TR criteria and 20 gender-,age-,education-matched healthy subjects participated in the resting-state brain functional magnetic resonance imaging scan.The Y-BOCS,HAMD17 and HAMA were used to assess clinical symptoms (i.e.obsessive,compulsive,depressive and anxiety symptoms).Based on the data processing & analysis for (resting-state) brain imaging (DPABI) software,a voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) approach was used to explore the pattern of inter-hemispheric resting-state mirror functional homotopy in OCD;partial correlation analysis was used to analysis the relationship between the whole brain VMHC value and clinical symptoms in OCD.Results Compared with the controls,the OCD patients showed decreased VMHC values in the orbitofrontal cortex (0.76±0.23 vs.0.39±0.13,t=-5.46,P<0.01,gaussian random field corrected,two-tailed);the VMHC value of bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was negatively correlated with obsessive thought (r=--0.912,P<0.01,Bonferroni correction).Conclusions Reduced interhemispheric resting-state functional homotopy in the orbitofrontal cortex is observed in OCD patients,and the interhemispheric resting-state functional homotopy in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may be relate with obsessive thought of OCD patients.
9.A preliminary study of inter-hemispheric resting-state mirror functional homotopy in drug-naive patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Yunhui CHEN ; Ping LI ; Dan LYU ; Guangcheng CUI ; Yuhua WANG ; Qiang HU ; Xin MENG ; Zhenghai SUN ; Liangtang ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Psychiatry 2018;51(5):304-308
Objective To explore the pattern of inter-hemispheric resting-state mirror functional homotopy in the drug-naive obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).Methods Twenty patients with OCD meeting with the DSM-Ⅳ-TR criteria and 20 gender-,age-,education-matched healthy subjects participated in the resting-state brain functional magnetic resonance imaging scan.The Y-BOCS,HAMD17 and HAMA were used to assess clinical symptoms (i.e.obsessive,compulsive,depressive and anxiety symptoms).Based on the data processing & analysis for (resting-state) brain imaging (DPABI) software,a voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC) approach was used to explore the pattern of inter-hemispheric resting-state mirror functional homotopy in OCD;partial correlation analysis was used to analysis the relationship between the whole brain VMHC value and clinical symptoms in OCD.Results Compared with the controls,the OCD patients showed decreased VMHC values in the orbitofrontal cortex (0.76±0.23 vs.0.39±0.13,t=-5.46,P<0.01,gaussian random field corrected,two-tailed);the VMHC value of bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was negatively correlated with obsessive thought (r=--0.912,P<0.01,Bonferroni correction).Conclusions Reduced interhemispheric resting-state functional homotopy in the orbitofrontal cortex is observed in OCD patients,and the interhemispheric resting-state functional homotopy in the bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may be relate with obsessive thought of OCD patients.
10.The association between axon guidance pathway single nucleotide polymorphisms and susceptibility to schizophrenia
Tong WU ; Liangtang ZHANG ; Guangcheng CUI ; Ping LI ; Yu SI ; Yunhui CHEN ; Qiang HU ; Zhenghai SUN ; Yuhua WANG
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science 2017;26(12):1096-1100
Objective To investigate the susceptibility related sites to schizophrenia through whole genome analysis combined with bioinformatics analysis method.Methods The research was carried out by two stages.In the first stage,300 cases of schizophrenia and 300 healthy controls were enrolled,and 5ml pe-ripheral venous blood was drawn to extract genome DNA.After quality control and concentration adjustment by ultraviolet spectrophotometer,equal mass of DNA was mixed into DNA pooling for case group and control group respectively.Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 chips were used to detect the polymorphism of the SNP.Plink software was used to locate the differential SNP to genes.GSEA was used to analyze the gene to pathway.Ten loci with the smallest P value of screened pathway were chosen as investigated subjects.In the second stage,240 schizophrenias and 200 healthy controls were collected to gain the genome DNA to verity the genotype of the 10 loci.Results Many single nucleotide polymorphism loci which P<9.2×10-8were found in GWAS.The GSEA pathway analysis showed that the axon guidance pathway was significantly related to the incidence of schizophrenia.The distribution of rs4632195 genotypes involved the distribution of among 10 loci(χ2=11.484,P=0.003)and alleles(χ2=8.824,P=0.009)were statistically significant,and T al-lele was susceptibility genes of schizophrenia(OR=1.537,95%CI:1.157-2.203).Conclusion rs4632195 of DCC gene in the axon guidance pathway is associated with schizophrenia,and the T allele is associated with susceptibility to schizophrenia.

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