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A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo
BACKGROUND: Kang-bai-ling (KBL), a Chinese patent medicine, has been demonstrated as an effective therapy for vitiligo in China. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of KBL have not been completely elucidated. METHODS: In this study, the potential multicomponent, multitarget, and multipathway mec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3053458 |
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author | Xu, Manyuan Shi, Jianxin Min, Zhongsheng Zhu, Hongliu Sun, Weiguo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Kang-bai-ling (KBL), a Chinese patent medicine, has been demonstrated as an effective therapy for vitiligo in China. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of KBL have not been completely elucidated. METHODS: In this study, the potential multicomponent, multitarget, and multipathway mechanism of KBL against vitiligo was clarified by using network pharmacology-based strategy. In brief, potential targets of KBL were collected based on TCMSP databases, followed by network establishment concerning the interactions of potential targets of KBL with well-known therapeutic targets of vitiligo by using protein-protein interaction (PPI) data. As a result, key nodes with higher level of seven topological parameters, including “degree centrality (DC),” “betweenness centrality (BC),” “closeness centrality (CC),” “eigenvector centrality (EC),” “network centrality (NC),” and “local average connectivity (LAC)” were identified as the main targets in the network, followed by subsequent incorporation into the ClueGO for GO and KEGG signaling pathway enrichment analysis. RESULTS: In accordance with the topological importance, a total of 23 potential targets of KBL on vitiligo were identified as main hubs. Additionally, enrichment analysis suggested that targets of KBL on vitiligo were mainly clustered into multiple biological processes (associated with DNA translation, lymphocyte differentiation and activation, steroid biosynthesis, autoimmune and systemic inflammatory reaction, neuron apoptosis, and vitamin deficiency) and related pathways (TNF, JAK-STAT, ILs, TLRs, prolactin, and NF-κB), indicating the underlying mechanisms of KBL on vitiligo. CONCLUSION: In this work, we successfully illuminated the “multicompounds, multitargets” therapeutic action of KBL on vitiligo by using network pharmacology. Moreover, our present outcomes might shed light on the further clinical application of KBL on vitiligo treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-68754032019-11-28 A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo Xu, Manyuan Shi, Jianxin Min, Zhongsheng Zhu, Hongliu Sun, Weiguo Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Kang-bai-ling (KBL), a Chinese patent medicine, has been demonstrated as an effective therapy for vitiligo in China. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of KBL have not been completely elucidated. METHODS: In this study, the potential multicomponent, multitarget, and multipathway mechanism of KBL against vitiligo was clarified by using network pharmacology-based strategy. In brief, potential targets of KBL were collected based on TCMSP databases, followed by network establishment concerning the interactions of potential targets of KBL with well-known therapeutic targets of vitiligo by using protein-protein interaction (PPI) data. As a result, key nodes with higher level of seven topological parameters, including “degree centrality (DC),” “betweenness centrality (BC),” “closeness centrality (CC),” “eigenvector centrality (EC),” “network centrality (NC),” and “local average connectivity (LAC)” were identified as the main targets in the network, followed by subsequent incorporation into the ClueGO for GO and KEGG signaling pathway enrichment analysis. RESULTS: In accordance with the topological importance, a total of 23 potential targets of KBL on vitiligo were identified as main hubs. Additionally, enrichment analysis suggested that targets of KBL on vitiligo were mainly clustered into multiple biological processes (associated with DNA translation, lymphocyte differentiation and activation, steroid biosynthesis, autoimmune and systemic inflammatory reaction, neuron apoptosis, and vitamin deficiency) and related pathways (TNF, JAK-STAT, ILs, TLRs, prolactin, and NF-κB), indicating the underlying mechanisms of KBL on vitiligo. CONCLUSION: In this work, we successfully illuminated the “multicompounds, multitargets” therapeutic action of KBL on vitiligo by using network pharmacology. Moreover, our present outcomes might shed light on the further clinical application of KBL on vitiligo treatment. Hindawi 2019-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6875403/ /pubmed/31781265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3053458 Text en Copyright © 2019 Manyuan Xu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Xu, Manyuan Shi, Jianxin Min, Zhongsheng Zhu, Hongliu Sun, Weiguo A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo |
title | A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo |
title_full | A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo |
title_fullStr | A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo |
title_full_unstemmed | A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo |
title_short | A Network Pharmacology Approach to Uncover the Molecular Mechanisms of Herbal Formula Kang-Bai-Ling for Treatment of Vitiligo |
title_sort | network pharmacology approach to uncover the molecular mechanisms of herbal formula kang-bai-ling for treatment of vitiligo |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6875403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781265 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3053458 |
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