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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2018

Revealing Synergistic Mechanism of Multiple Components in Gandi Capsule for Diabetic Nephropathy Therapeutics by Network Pharmacology.

Jian Zhang, Qiqiang Zhang, Xiaofei Chen, Yan Liu, Jiyang Xue, Arik Dahan, Hai Zhang, Yifeng Chai

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Jian ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China.
Qiqiang ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China.
Xiaofei ChenSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Yan LiuDepartment of Pharmacy, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China.
Jiyang XueDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201204, China.
Arik DahanDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Hai ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201204, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9177-3855
Yifeng ChaiSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9032-3089
Second Military Medical University · CNShanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNBen-Gurion University of the Negev · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gandi capsule, a traditional Chinese herbal medicinal formulation that consists of eight herbs, is used as a clinical therapy for diabetic nephropathy. To clarify the potential synergistic mechanism, this study adopted a network pharmacology strategy to screen the action targets that corresponded to the active components in the Gandi capsule. We first constructed a compound database of 315 components in the Gandi capsule and a target database of diabetic nephropathy, which included 155 target proteins. Six representative compounds were selected to dock with 99 proteins found in the UniProtKB database with their PDB code, and interaction networks between the active ingredients of the Gandi capsule and their targets were mapped out. Results revealed 47 proteins with a high affinity with at least one compound molecule in the Gandi capsule. The main action pathways closely related to the development of diabetic nephropathy were the TGF-

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