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ArticleJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2016

Gene Expression Profiles of HIV/AIDS Patients with Qi-Yin Deficiency and Dampness-Heat Retention.

Sa Liu, Yulong Chen, Shiping Xie, Qianlei Xu, Jianshe Chen, Changhai Wang, Zhao Wang, Suna Ma, Xingwei Wu, Ning Zhang

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Sa Liu1 Department of Clinical Foundation of TCM, Henan University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Yulong Chen2 Department of Molecular Biology, Henan University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Shiping Xie1 Department of Clinical Foundation of TCM, Henan University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Qianlei Xu3 Department of Infection Epidemiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan, University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Jianshe Chen4 Andrology of Henan, Chinese Medicine Hospital , Zhengzhou, China .
Changhai Wang5 Department of Diagnostics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Zhao Wang6 College of Life Science, Tsinghua University , Beijing, China .
Suna Ma7 AIDS Institute of Henan University of TCM, Henan University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Xingwei Wu7 AIDS Institute of Henan University of TCM, Henan University of TCM , Zhengzhou, China .
Ning Zhang8 Department of Internal Medicine of TCM, People's Hospital of Zhongmou County , Zhongmou, China .
Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNCM Hospital · KRFirst Affiliated Hospital of Henan University · CNTsinghua University · CN

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Abstract

objectivesTraditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) applied in the clinic as a complementary and alternative therapy has helped improve immunity and reduce side effects and symptomatic treatment in patients with HIV/AIDS. However, the mechanisms of TCM syndromes are not clear. Transcriptomics enables the study of such TCM syndromes.

designThis study compared the messenger RNA (mRNA) expressions of healthy persons and patients with HIV/AIDS who had two common TCM syndromes, qi-yin deficiency and dampness-heat retention, to find the difference in HIV/AIDS with TCM syndromes.

resultsComparison with healthy persons identified 113 mRNAs-41 enhanced and 72 decreased-in the qi-yin deficiency group. Additionally, 76 mRNAs were found in the dampness-heat retention group: 14 increased and 62 decreased. Functional genetic analysis of the mRNAs indicated that two TCM syndromes were correlated with cell apoptosis, immunoinflammatory responses, and lymphocyte activation. Differentially expressed mRNAs in the qi-yin deficiency group were obviously associated with cellular activity, communication, protein localization, cellular ion homeostasis, and regulation of cell motion, whereas mRNAs in the dampness-heat retention group were associated with sequence-specific DNA binding, cellular response to stress, and hemopoietic or lymphoid organ development.

conclusionsThese results suggest that the formation of different TCM syndromes in patients with HIV/AIDS were founded on biological transcriptomics, which reveal mechanisms of the formation of these syndromes in HIV/AIDS. Differentially expressed mRNAs in two TCM syndrome groups tended to normalize after TCM intervention, which indicates that TCM might remit symptoms by changing genetic expression.

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Medicine, Chinese TraditionalYin DeficiencyAdolescentAdultCase-Control StudiesFemaleGene Expression RegulationHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedProtein Interaction MapsTranscriptomeYoung AdultAIDSdampness-heat retention syndromedifferentially expressed genesHIVqi-yin deficiency syndromeTCM syndromes

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