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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2023

ETCM v2.0: An update with comprehensive resource and rich annotations for traditional Chinese medicine.

Yanqiong Zhang, Xin Li, Yulong Shi, Tong Chen, Zhijian Xu, Ping Wang, Meng Yu, Wenjia Chen, Bing Li, Zhiwei Jing and 9 more

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Yanqiong ZhangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Xin LiInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Yulong ShiState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Tong ChenNational Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhijian XuState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Ping WangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Meng YuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Wenjia ChenInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Bing LiInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Zhiwei JingInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Hong JiangInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Lu FuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Wenjing GaoInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Yanhua JiangInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Xia DuShaanxi Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xi'an 710003, China.
Zipeng GongState Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutics, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004, China.
Weiliang ZhuState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Drug Discovery and Design Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
Hongjun YangChina Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
Haiyu XuInstitute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Existing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)-related databases are still insufficient in data standardization, integrity and precision, and need to be updated urgently. Herein, an Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine version 2.0 (ETCM v2.0, http://www.tcmip.cn/ETCM2/front/#/) was constructed as the latest curated database hosting 48,442 TCM formulas recorded by ancient Chinese medical books, 9872 Chinese patent drugs, 2079 Chinese medicinal materials and 38,298 ingredients. To facilitate the mechanistic research and new drug discovery, we improved the target identification method based on a two-dimensional ligand similarity search module, which provides the confirmed and/or potential targets of each ingredient, as well as their binding activities. Importantly, five TCM formulas/Chinese patent drugs/herbs/ingredients with the highest Jaccard similarity scores to the submitted drugs are offered in ETCM v2.0, which may be of significance to identify prescriptions/herbs/ingredients with similar clinical efficacy, to summarize the rules of prescription use, and to find alternative drugs for endangered Chinese medicinal materials. Moreover, ETCM v2.0 provides an enhanced JavaScript-based network visualization tool for creating, modifying and exploring multi-scale biological networks. ETCM v2.0 may be a major data warehouse for the quality marker identification of TCMs, the TCM-derived drug discovery and repurposing, and the pharmacological mechanism investigation of TCMs against various human diseases.

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DatabaseDrug repurposingMolecular mechanismNetwork visualizationNew drug research and developmentQuality markerTarget identificationTraditional Chinese medicine

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