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ArticleBioData mining2020

A network pharmacology-based study on Alzheimer disease prevention and treatment of Qiong Yu Gao.

Jie-Shu You, Chen-Yue Li, Wei Chen, Xia-Lin Wu, Li-Jie Huang, Ren-Kai Li, Fei Gao, Ming-Yue Zhang, Huan-Lan Liu, Wei-Ling Qu

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jie-Shu You1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Chen-Yue Li1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Wei Chen1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Xia-Lin Wu2The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Li-Jie Huang1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Ren-Kai Li3Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
Fei Gao4College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province China.
Ming-Yue Zhang5Division of Hematology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Huan-Lan Liu1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Wei-Ling Qu1School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province China.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNRenji Hospital · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectiveAs the pathological mechanisms of AD are complex, increasing evidence have demonstrated Chinese Medicine with multi-ingredients and multi-targets may be more suitable for the treatment of diseases with complex pathogenesis. Therefore, the study was to preliminarily decipher the bioactive compounds and potential mechanisms of Qiong Yu Gao (QYG) for AD prevention and treatment by an integrated network pharmacology approach.

methodsPutative ingredients of QYG and significant genes of AD were retrieved from public database after screening. Then QYG ingredients target proteins/genes were obtained by target fishing. Compound-target-disease network was constructed using Cytoscape to decipher the mechanism of QYG for AD. KEGG pathway and GO enrichment analysis were performed to investigate the molecular mechanisms and pathways related to QYG for AD treatments.

resultsFinally, 70 compounds and 511 relative drug targets were collected. In which, 17 representative direct targets were found. Gene ontology enrichment analysis revealed that the adenylate cyclase-inhibiting G-protein coupled acetylcholine receptor signaling pathway was the key biological processes and were regulated simultaneously by the 17 direct targets. The KEGG pathway enrichment analysis found that three signaling pathways were closely related to AD prevention and treatment by QYG, including PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, regulation of actin cytoskeleton pathway and insulin resistance pathway.

conclusionThis study demonstrated that QYG exerted the effect of preventing and treating AD by regulating multi-targets with multi-components. Furthermore, the study demonstrated that a network pharmacology-based approach was useful for elucidation of the interrelationship between complex diseases and interventions of Chinese herbal medicines.

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Alzheimer diseaseChinese traditionalGene regulatory networksGenetic testingMedicineMolecular mechanisms of pharmacological action

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