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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

A System Pharmacology Model for Decoding the Synergistic Mechanisms of Compound Kushen Injection in Treating Breast Cancer.

Yi Li, Kexin Wang, Yupeng Chen, Jieqi Cai, Xuemei Qin, Aiping Lu, Daogang Guan, Genggeng Qin, Weiguo Chen

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yi LiDepartment of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Kexin WangInstitute of Integrated Bioinformedicine and Translational Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yupeng ChenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jieqi CaiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xuemei QinModern Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.
Aiping LuInstitute of Integrated Bioinformedicine and Translational Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Daogang GuanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Genggeng QinDepartment of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Weiguo ChenDepartment of Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Southern Medical University · CNNanfang Hospital · CNHong Kong Baptist University · HKShanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common malignant tumors among women worldwide and can be treated using various methods; however, side effects of these treatments cannot be ignored. Increasing evidence indicates that compound kushen injection (CKI) can be used to treat BC. However, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is characterized by "multi-components" and "multi-targets", which make it challenging to clarify the potential therapeutic mechanisms of CKI on BC. Herein, we designed a novel system pharmacology strategy using differentially expressed gene analysis, pharmacokinetics synthesis screening, target identification, network analysis, and docking validation to construct the synergy contribution degree (SCD) and therapeutic response index (TRI) model to capture the critical components responding to synergistic mechanisms of CKI in BC. Through our designed mathematical models, we defined 24 components as a high contribution group of synergistic components (HCGSC) from 113 potentially active components of CKI based on ADME parameters. Pathway enrichment analysis of HCGSC targets indicated that

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breast cancercompound kushen injectionmolecular dockingsynergistic mechanismsystem pharmacologytraditional Chinese medicine

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