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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Exploring the Mechanism of Gyejibokryeong-hwan against Atherosclerosis Using Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking.

A Yeong Lee, Joo-Youn Lee, Jin Mi Chun

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A Yeong LeeHerbal Medicine Resources Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Naju-si 58245, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1670-8911
Joo-Youn LeeTherapeutics and Biotechnology Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34114, Korea.
Jin Mi ChunHerbal Medicine Resources Research Center, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Naju-si 58245, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2265-3833
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KRKorea Research Institute of Chemical Technology · KR

Funding

Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine K18402 and C17112
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gyejibokryeong-hwan (GBH) is a traditional formula comprised of five herbal medicines that is frequently used to treat blood stasis and related complex multifactorial disorders such as atherosclerosis. The present study used network pharmacology and molecular docking simulations to clarify the effect and mechanism of the components of GBH. Active compounds were selected using Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System (OASIS) and the Traditional Chinese Medicine System Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP), and target genes linked to the selected components were retrieved using Search Tool for Interacting Chemicals (STITCH) and GeneCards. Functional analysis of potential target genes was performed through the Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) database and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway, and molecular docking confirmed the correlation between five core compounds (quercetin, kaempferol, baicalein, ellagic acid, and baicalin) and six potential target genes (AKT1, CASP3, MAPK1, MAPK3, NOS2, and PTGS2). Molecular docking studies indicated that quercetin strongly interacted with six potential target proteins. Thus, these potential target proteins were closely related to TNF, HIF-1, FoxO, and PI3K-Akt signal pathways, suggesting that these factors and pathways may mediate the beneficial effects of GBH on atherosclerosis. Our results identify target genes and pathways that may mediate the clinical effects of the compounds contained within GBH on atherosclerosis.

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atherosclerosisGyejibokryeong-hwanherbal formulamolecular dockingnetwork pharmacology

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PMID33321972
PMCPMC7764045
OpenAlexW3112994718

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