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ArticleMediators of inflammation2020

Chinese Medicine Huzhen Tongfeng Formula Effectively Attenuates Gouty Arthritis by Inhibiting Arachidonic Acid Metabolism and Inflammatory Mediators.

Jianping Deng, Zicong Wu, Chen Chen, Zhenling Zhao, Yifei Li, Zhengquan Su, Yiguang Lin, Yifei Wang, Zhiping Wang

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianping DengGuangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Department of Pharmaceutics, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Natural Products and New Drugs, Guangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zicong WuGuangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Department of Pharmaceutics, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Natural Products and New Drugs, Guangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8472-3016
Chen ChenGuangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Department of Pharmaceutics, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Natural Products and New Drugs, Guangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zhenling ZhaoGuangzhou Jinan Biomedical Research and Development Center, Guangzhou, China.
Yifei LiGuangzhou Jinan Biomedical Research and Development Center, Guangzhou, China.
Zhengquan SuGuangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Department of Pharmaceutics, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Natural Products and New Drugs, Guangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yiguang LinSchool of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4637-9701
Yifei WangGuangzhou Jinan Biomedical Research and Development Center, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9918-2865
Zhiping WangGuangdong Provincial Engineering Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Department of Pharmaceutics, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Natural Products and New Drugs, Guangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2367-0491
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CNJinan University · CNUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Chinese herbal medicine, Huzhen Tongfeng Formula (HZTF), derived from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice, has recognized therapeutic benefits for gouty arthritis (GA). HZTF is currently in the late stage of approval process as a new anti-GA drug application. However, the underlying mechanism of HZTF as an antigout medication is unclear. In this study, we combined network pharmacology and experimental validation approaches to elucidate the mechanism of action of HZTF. First, the relative drug-disease target networks were constructed and analyzed for pathway enrichment. Potential pathways were then validated by

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AnimalsArachidonic AcidArthritis, GoutyBlotting, WesternCytokinesDrugs, Chinese HerbalInflammationInflammation MediatorsMaleMedicine, Chinese TraditionalMiceRabbitsRAW 264.7 CellsReactive Oxygen SpeciesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionArachidonic AcidCytokinesDrugs, Chinese HerbalInflammation MediatorsReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID33132756
PMCPMC7568794
OpenAlexW3091877030

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