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ArticleScientific reports2021

Revealing the efficacy-toxicity relationship of Fuzi in treating rheumatoid arthritis by systems pharmacology.

Wuwen Feng, Juan Liu, Dandan Zhang, Yuzhu Tan, Hao Cheng, Cheng Peng

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wuwen Feng *State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Juan Liu *State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Dandan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Yuzhu TanState Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Hao ChengState Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611130, China.
Cheng PengState Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611130, China. pengchengcxy@126.com.
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, herbal medicines have played more and more important roles in the healthcare system in the world because of the good efficacy. However, with the increasing use of herbal medicines, the toxicity induced by herbal medicines has become a global issue. Therefore, it is needed to investigate the mechanism behind the efficacy and toxicity of herbal medicines. In this study, using Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata (Fuzi) as an example, we adopted a systems pharmacology approach to investigate the mechanism of Fuzi in treating rheumatoid arthritis and in inducing cardiac toxicity and neurotoxicity. The results showed that Fuzi has 25 bioactive compounds that act holistically on 61 targets and 27 pathways to treat rheumatoid arthritis, and modulation of inflammation state is one of the main mechanisms of Fuzi. In addition, the toxicity of Fuzi is linked to 32 compounds that act on 187 targets and 4 pathways, and the targets and pathways can directly modulate the flow of Na

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AconitumAlgorithmsArthritis, RheumatoidChemistry, PharmaceuticalDiterpenesDrug DesignDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalNetwork PharmacologyPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalProtein Interaction MappingDiterpenesDrugs, Chinese Herbalfuzi drug herbalPlant Extracts

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