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ArticleBioMed research international2021

Use of Network Pharmacology to Investigate the Mechanism of the Compound Xuanju Capsule in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Wenyang Wei, Wanpeng Lu, Xiaolong Chen, Yunfeng Yang, Mengkai Zheng

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Article in BioMed research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Wenyang WeiAcademic Research and Development Center of Zhejiang Strong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310053 Zhejiang, China.
Wanpeng LuAcademic Research and Development Center of Zhejiang Strong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310053 Zhejiang, China.
Xiaolong ChenAcademic Research and Development Center of Zhejiang Strong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310053 Zhejiang, China.
Yunfeng YangAcademic Research and Development Center of Zhejiang Strong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310053 Zhejiang, China.
Mengkai ZhengAcademic Research and Development Center of Zhejiang Strong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310053 Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7974-8833

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Abstract

objectiveTo clarify the therapeutic mechanisms of compound Xuanju capsule-treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on network pharmacology tactics.

methodThe TCMSP, TCMID and STITCH databases were used to screen the active ingredients and targets in the compound Xuanju capsule; the OMIM, TTD, PharmGKB and GeneCards databases were applied to screen the RA-related disease targets. Then, the obtained targets were imported into Cytoscape 3.7.1 software to construct the active ingredient-target network and the RA-related disease-target network. The active ingredient-target PPI network, the RA-related disease-target PPI network and the common target PPI network were built by using the STRING platform and Cytoscape 3.7.1 software. The GO and KEGG analyses of the common targets were analyzed by using the Metascape and Bioinformatics online tools.

resultsA total of 51 active ingredients and 513 corresponding ingredient targets were harvested from the compound Xuanju capsule; 641 RA-related disease targets were obtained. After two PPI networks were constructed and merged, 116 RA-related targets of compound Xuanju capsules were identified and analyzed. 116 RA-related targets of compound Xuanju capsules are mainly involved in the biological processes and molecular functions, such as the cytokine-mediated signaling pathways, the response to lipopolysaccharide and the blood vascular development, the cytokine activity, the cytokine receptor binding and the receptor regulator activity. Furthermore, 116 RA-related targets of compound Xuanju capsules are concentrated in signaling pathways such as the IL-17, TNF, Th17 cell differentiation, Toll receptor and RA signaling pathway.

conclusionThe compound Xuanju capsule had the action characteristics of multiple components, multiple targets, and multiple pathways in the treatment of RA, which might primarily reduce the release of proinflammatory factors (such as IL-6 and TNF-

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidCapsulesDatabases, FactualDrugs, Chinese HerbalGene Expression RegulationHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalProtein Interaction MapsSignal TransductionSoftwareAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCapsulesDrugs, Chinese Herbal

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