Exploring potential therapeutic agents of Duhuo-Jisheng-Tang for rheumatoid arthritis

Guang Zheng*, Tong Wei, Changsheng Ma, Jianjun Liu, Jinyu Liu, Cheng Lu, Aiping LYU

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Abstract

Duhuo-Jisheng-Tang is a Chinese herbal formula designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with syndrome dual deficiency of liver and kidney. Although its therapeutic clinical effect is widely accepted over one thousand years, its therapeutic agents are still obscure. In this study, we explored the potential therapeutic agents of Duhuo-Jisheng-Tang for RA by integrating leading knowledge databases of different biomedical domains. The molecule mechanism includes compositional herbal medicine, chemical compound, target protein, RA OMIM genes, FDA approved RA drug targets, and pathways. As a result, Duhuo-Jisheng-Tang's 11 target proteins can be found in RA's OMIM genes (e.g., UGT1, UGT1A9, GNT1, and JAK3) and FDA approved RA drug targets (e.g., CMKBR2/5, CCR2/5, APRF, and STAT1/3). What's more, these 11 genes/proteins are mainly enriched in pathways of disease, immune system, signal transduction, and metabolism. It demonstrates that Duhuo-Jisheng-Tang may regulate a wide range of different systems associated with RA which might indicate that Chinese herbal formula's therapeutic effects are demonstrated through system-level regulation rather than targeting disease specified genes/proteins.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, IEEE BIBM 2014
EditorsHuiru (Jane) Zheng, Xiaohua Hu, Daniel Berrar, Yadong Wang, Werner Dubitzky, Jin-Kao Hao, Kwang-Hyun Cho, David Gilbert
PublisherIEEE
Pages476-479
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479956692
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Dec 2014
Event2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, IEEE BIBM 2014 - Belfast, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Nov 20145 Nov 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, IEEE BIBM 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, IEEE BIBM 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBelfast
Period2/11/145/11/14

User-Defined Keywords

  • Duhuo-Jisheng-Tang
  • molecular mechanism
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • traditional Chinese medicine

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