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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2025

Molecular mechanism of modified Yigong San formula against colorectal cancer

Jing Wang, Xin-Wei Zhang, Bo-Wen Tang, Zheng Li, Nan Song

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Jing WangThe First Clinical School, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110847, Liaoning Province, China.
Xin-Wei ZhangDepartment of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang 110042, Liaoning Province, China.
Bo-Wen TangCollege of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110847, Liaoning Province, China.
Zheng LiKey Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Traditional Chinese Medicine Viscera-State Theory and Applications, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110847, Liaoning Province, China. fox_dl1984@163.com.
Nan SongMedical Laboratory Science School, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang 110847, Liaoning Province, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignant tumor characterized by high global incidence and mortality rates. Contemporary therapeutic modalities remain limited by suboptimal efficacy and adverse effects, thereby necessitating the pursuit of more efficacious treatment strategies. Within traditional Chinese medicine, spleen deficiency is regarded as a central pathogenic mechanism in CRC, persisting throughout the entire disease course.

aimTo elucidate the mechanism by which modified Yigong San confers therapeutic efficacy against CRC, potentially exerting its effects through apoptosis regulation mediated by the enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2)/methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3)/SRY-box transcription factor 4 (SOX4) axis.

methodsIn the clinical study, CRC tissues and corresponding adjacent normal samples that fulfilled inclusion criteria were procured. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was employed to determine the transcriptional expression of

resultsThe clinical findings demonstrated significantly elevated transcriptional levels of

conclusionModified Yigong San exhibits both preventive and therapeutic potential against CRC, likely mediated through the regulation of apoptosis

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ApoptosisCell proliferationColorectal cancerEnhancer of zeste homolog 2/methyltransferase-like 3/SRY-box transcription factor 4 pathwayTraditional Chinese medicineYigong San

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