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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Understanding the molecular basis of herbal medicines for cough variant asthma under the guidance of traditional herbal theories.

Rui Liu, Jiaqi Yao, Yihang Sui, Yinnan Zhang, Boon Seng Kho, Yingli Zhu, Ninghua Tan, Yinyin Wang

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Rui Liu *Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Jiaqi Yao *Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yihang SuiDepartment of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yinnan ZhangDepartment of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Boon Seng KhoDepartment of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yingli ZhuSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Ninghua TanDepartment of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yinyin WangDepartment of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: Despite the clear clinical efficacy of the herbal formula Methods: To address this gap, we proposed a novel computational paradigm to understand how herbal medicines exert therapeutic effects on CVA under the guidance of TCM theories. Our approach integrates transcriptional perturbation data, graph neural network (GNN) models, and network proximity analysis, enabling the interpretation of herbal actions within a network pharmacology context. Results: We found that traditional herbal theories show strong molecular-level associations with therapeutic mechanisms: 1) Meridian classifications of herbs align with their gene perturbation profiles across different organs; 2) Herbal combinations and their therapeutic efficacy correlate with the network proximity of their targets to disease-specific genes. Notably, network proximity analysis revealed mechanistic support for key TCM concepts such as the Discussion: This study presents a novel framework for interpreting the molecular basis of herbal medicines and their combinations under TCM theory guidance.

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cough variant asthma (CVA)graph neural networksherbal medicine theorymeridian theorynetwork proximitysuhuang formula

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