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ArticleFunctional & integrative genomics2026

Cell-resolved testing of network-pharmacology candidates in dilated cardiomyopathy: PI3K-AKT-associated transcriptional differences are distributed across cardiac lineages and are not enriched above a genome-wide background.

Yingying Qian, Haitao Tian, Shuaihong Zhao, Yanjiao Bian, Hongyang Yu, Ang Di, Yingshuang Jia, Shaodan Li, Runquan Sun

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Yingying Qian *Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-1472-1426
Haitao Tian *Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Shuaihong ZhaoDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Yanjiao BianDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Hongyang YuDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Ang DiDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Yingshuang JiaDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China.
Shaodan LiDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China. lsd301@126.com.
Runquan SunDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China. 17813205895@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1096-9053

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Network pharmacology nominates targets but cannot show that they are altered in the relevant cell, distinguishable from a hypothesis-free analysis of the same data, or linked to disease. Taking the candidates nominated for Yangxin Decoction in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and viral myocarditis, we asked how many survive independent functional-genomic testing. Few did. A direct-evidence intersection returned 61 genes, but across four bulk cardiac datasets the set was differentially expressed no more often than the transcriptome-wide background in any human cohort, and AKT1 was significant in none. Donor-pseudobulk single-nucleus RNA sequencing of 52 DCM and 18 control donors showed higher AKT1 (log2 fold change 0.351, adjusted P = 3.32 × 10

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Cardiomyopathy, DilatedPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktFemaleHumansMaleMyocytes, CardiacNetwork PharmacologySTAT3 Transcription FactorAKT1 protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSTAT3 Transcription FactorDilated cardiomyopathyDonor pseudobulkMyocarditisNetwork pharmacologyPI3K–AKT signallingSingle-nucleus RNA sequencing

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