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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022

Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Analysis on Molecular Targets and Mechanisms of Aidi Injection Treating of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer.

Weizhou Zhang, Wenpan Peng, Yehui Li, Tingyu Pan, Fanchao Feng, Jie Xu, Xianmei Zhou

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2022. 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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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weizhou ZhangAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5843-7171
Wenpan PengDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Suzhou Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Suzhou 215009, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7749-1408
Yehui LiAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5204-5540
Tingyu PanAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-5964
Fanchao FengAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3965-5325
Jie XuAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-4288
Xianmei ZhouAffiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7662-2306
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Aidi injection (ADI) is a compound preparation injection of Chinese herbs used to treat patients of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in China. This study aimed to reveal the mechanism of ADI in the treatment of NSCLC by using network pharmacology and molecular docking. Methods: The related targets of ADI and NSCLC were obtained from multiple databases. The network diagram of disease-drug-components-targets (DDCT) and protein-protein interaction (PPI) was constructed to screen key targets. Then, the key targets and main signaling pathways were screened by gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analysis. Next, in order to validate the results of network pharmacology, expression analysis and survival analysis of key genes were performed. Finally, we carried out the technology of molecular docking to further validate the accuracy of the above results. Results: A total of 207 targets of ADI and 5282 targets of NSCLC were obtained finally. Through the construction of DDCT and PPI network diagrams, 28 key targets were finally obtained. The results of the KEGG enrichment analysis indicated that multiple signaling pathways were associated with NSCLC, which included the MAPK signaling pathway, the IL-17 signaling pathway, and the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The key genes in the signaling pathway mainly include TP53, CASP3, MMP9, AKT1, PTGS2, and MAPK1. The results of differently expressed analysis of key genes showed that TP53, CASP3, MMP9, AKT1, PTGS2, and MAPK1 had statistical differences in lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) compared with normal tissue ( Conclusions: This study revealed the potential mechanism of ADI in the treatment of NSCLC with multipathways and multitargets and provided a scientific basis for the in-depth study of ADI in the treatment of NSCLC.

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