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ArticleScientific reports2023

Efficacy of Poria cocos and Alismatis rhizoma against diet-induced hyperlipidemia in rats based on transcriptome sequencing analysis.

Xiaowen Zhou, Jingbiao Luo, Shuxian Lin, Yaxin Wang, Zhenqian Yan, Qi Ren, Xiaoqi Liu, Xiantao Li

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaowen Zhou *The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510405, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6401-1743
Jingbiao Luo *Laboratory of TCM Syndrome Essence and Objectification, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, No. 232, East Waihuan Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, 510006, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-0396
Shuxian LinLaboratory of TCM Syndrome Essence and Objectification, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, No. 232, East Waihuan Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, 510006, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-8866
Yaxin WangLaboratory of TCM Syndrome Essence and Objectification, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, No. 232, East Waihuan Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, 510006, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8275-9410
Zhenqian YanLaboratory of TCM Syndrome Essence and Objectification, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, No. 232, East Waihuan Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, 510006, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1010-6576
Qi RenDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2914-4596
Xiaoqi LiuNanoFCM Inc, Xiamen, 361006, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-0572
Xiantao LiLaboratory of TCM Syndrome Essence and Objectification, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, No. 232, East Waihuan Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, 510006, China. lxt150@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6703-6698
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNArmy Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperlipidemia, a common metabolic disease, is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, Poria cocos (PC) and Alismatis rhizoma (AR) serve as a potential treatment. A systematic approach based on transcriptome sequencing analysis and bioinformatics methods was developed to explore the synergistic effects of PC-AR and identify major compounds and potential targets. The phenotypic characteristics results indicated that the high dose (4.54 g/kg) of PC-AR reduced total cholesterol (TC), elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, and improved hepatocyte morphology, as assessed via hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. Transcriptomic profiling processing results combined with GO enrichment analysis to identify the overlapping genes were associated with inflammatory responses. The cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction pathway was found as a potential key pathway using geneset enrichment analysis. Core enrichment targets were selected according to the PC-AR's fold change versus the model. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis validated that PC-AR significantly downregulated the expression of Cxcl10, Ccl2, Ccl4, Cd40 and Il-1β mRNA (P < 0.05). Molecular docking analysis revealed the significant compounds of PC-AR and the potential binding patterns of the critical compounds and targets. This study provides further evidence that the therapeutic effects of PC-AR on hyperlipidemia in rats through the regulation of inflammation-related targets.

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HyperlipidemiasWolfiporiaAnimalsCholesterolDiet, High-FatMolecular Docking SimulationRatsTranscriptomeCholesterol

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