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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021

RNA-Seq Expression Analysis of Chronic Asthmatic Mice with Bu-Shen-Yi-Qi Formula Treatment and Prediction of Regulated Gene Targets of Anti-Airway Remodeling.

Jie Cui, Zexi Lv, Fangzhou Teng, La Yi, Weifeng Tang, WenQian Wang, Wuniqiemu Tulake, Jingjing Qin, Xueyi Zhu, Ying Wei and 1 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie CuiDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4099-2687
Zexi LvDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Fangzhou TengDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
La YiDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Weifeng TangDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
WenQian WangDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wuniqiemu TulakeDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jingjing QinDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xueyi ZhuDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ying WeiDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7519-6867
Jingcheng DongDepartment of Integrative Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-367X
Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airway remodeling is one of the typical pathological characteristics of asthma, while the structural changes of the airways in asthma are complex, which impedes the development of novel asthma targeted therapy. Our previous study had shown that Bu-Shen-Yi-Qi formula (BSYQF) could ameliorate airway remodeling in chronic asthmatic mice by modulating airway inflammation and oxidative stress in the lung. In this study, we analysed the lung transcriptome of control mice and asthmatic mouse model with/without BSYQF treatment. Using RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis, we found that 264/1746 (15.1%) of transcripts showing abnormal expression in asthmatic mice were reverted back to completely or partially normal levels by BSYQF treatment. Additionally, based on previous results, we identified 21 differential expression genes (DEGs) with fold changes (FC) > (±) 2.0 related to inflammatory, oxidative stress, mitochondria, PI3K/AKT, and MAPK signal pathways which may play important roles in the mechanism of the anti-remodeling effect of BSYQF treatment. Through inputting 21 DEGs into the IPA database to construct a gene network, we inferred Adipoq, SPP1, and TNC which were located at critical nodes in the network may be key regulators of BSYQF's anti-remodeling effect. In addition, the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) result for the selected four DEGs matched those of the RNA-seq analysis. Our results provide a preliminary clue to the molecular mechanism of the anti-remodeling effect of BSYQF in asthma.

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