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ArticleJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2025

Network pharmacology and animal experiments revealed the protective effects of Guilong prescription on chronic prostatitis and its possible mechanisms.

Zhu Peixuan, S U Zeqi, Fan Qiongyin, Zhang Cai, Wang Ting

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Article in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2025. 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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Zhu PeixuanSchool of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
S U ZeqiBeijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Fan QiongyinState Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Key Laboratory of Neuropsycho-pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China.
Zhang CaiBeijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
Wang TingBeijing Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.

Funding

"Decoding Traditional Chinese Medicine" Project of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: New Drugs Research and Development of Chinese Medicine based on Famous Doctors and Famous Prescriptions 90010961020020National Major Scientific and the Technological Special Project: Establishment of a Clinically Oriented Preclinical Research and Development Technology Platform for New Chinese Medicines based on Famous Doctors' Prescriptions 2017ZX09301011the Horizontal Project: Preclinical Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamic Research of a New Chinese Medicine - Guilong Granules 2016110031007799
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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the protective effects of Guilong prescription (, GL) on chronic prostatitis (CP) and unravel the underlying mechanisms of its pharmacological effects.

methodsThe composition of GL was determined

resultsIn GL, a total of 48 compounds were identified, including 14 flavonoids, 14 alkaloids, 11 carboxylic acids, 4 lactones, 2 glycosides, 2 terpenoids and 1 aldehyde. Network pharmacological analysis suggested that the mechanism of GL may be related to PI3K-Akt signaling pathway and cytokine expression. After treatment with GL, inflammatory pathological changes in the prostate of rats were significantly improved, and blood perfusion of the prostate was significantly decreased. GL reduced the expression of IFN-γ, CXCL1, TNF-α, IL-1β, iNOS, ICAM-1, p38 MAPK, p-p38 MAPK, PI3K, p-PI3K, NF-κB, p-NF-κB, IκBα, p-IκBα, GSK-3β, p-GSK-3β, p-Akt in CP rats, and increased the expression of IL-4 and IL-10 in CP rats.

conclusionThe chemical compositions of GL were first identified. GL can improve pathological changes in the prostate and recover the prostate blood perfusion of CP rats. The possible mechanisms of GL on CP involve increasing the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-4 and IL-10, inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and IFN-γ, and down regulating the expression of CXCL1, iNOS, and ICAM-1

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Drugs, Chinese HerbalProstatitisProtective AgentsAnimalsChronic DiseaseHumansIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Interferon-gammaInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-4MaleNetwork PharmacologyNF-kappa BNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesRatsDrugs, Chinese HerbalIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Interferon-gammaInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-4NF-kappa BNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtective AgentsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaanti-inflammatory agentscarrageenancytokinesGuilong prescriptionnetwork pharmacologyProstatitis

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PMID39957162
PMCPMC11764937

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