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Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology
Banxia Houpu decoction (BXHPD) has been used to treat depression in clinical practice for centuries. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of BXHPD still remain unclear. Network Pharmacology (NP) approach was used to explore the potential molecular mechanisms of BXHPD in treating depression. Poten...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7527207/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32997725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239843 |
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author | Chen, Zi-ying Xie, Dan-feng Liu, Zhi-yuan Zhong, Yong-qi Zeng, Jing-yan Chen, Zheng Chen, Xin-lin |
author_facet | Chen, Zi-ying Xie, Dan-feng Liu, Zhi-yuan Zhong, Yong-qi Zeng, Jing-yan Chen, Zheng Chen, Xin-lin |
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description | Banxia Houpu decoction (BXHPD) has been used to treat depression in clinical practice for centuries. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of BXHPD still remain unclear. Network Pharmacology (NP) approach was used to explore the potential molecular mechanisms of BXHPD in treating depression. Potential active compounds of BXHPD were obtained from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform Database. STRING database was used to build a interaction network between the active compounds and target genes associated with depression. The topological features of nodes were visualized and calculated. Significant pathways and biological functions were identified using Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses. A total of 44 active compounds were obtained from BXHPD, and 121 potential target genes were considered to be therapeutically relevant. Pathway analysis indicated that MAPK signaling pathway, ErbB signaling pathway, HIF-1 signaling pathway and PI3K-Akt pathway were significant pathways in depression. They were mainly involved in promoting nerve growth and nutrition and alleviating neuroinflammatory conditions. The result provided some potential ways for modern medicine in the treatment of depression. |
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spelling | pubmed-75272072020-10-02 Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology Chen, Zi-ying Xie, Dan-feng Liu, Zhi-yuan Zhong, Yong-qi Zeng, Jing-yan Chen, Zheng Chen, Xin-lin PLoS One Research Article Banxia Houpu decoction (BXHPD) has been used to treat depression in clinical practice for centuries. However, the pharmacological mechanisms of BXHPD still remain unclear. Network Pharmacology (NP) approach was used to explore the potential molecular mechanisms of BXHPD in treating depression. Potential active compounds of BXHPD were obtained from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform Database. STRING database was used to build a interaction network between the active compounds and target genes associated with depression. The topological features of nodes were visualized and calculated. Significant pathways and biological functions were identified using Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses. A total of 44 active compounds were obtained from BXHPD, and 121 potential target genes were considered to be therapeutically relevant. Pathway analysis indicated that MAPK signaling pathway, ErbB signaling pathway, HIF-1 signaling pathway and PI3K-Akt pathway were significant pathways in depression. They were mainly involved in promoting nerve growth and nutrition and alleviating neuroinflammatory conditions. The result provided some potential ways for modern medicine in the treatment of depression. Public Library of Science 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7527207/ /pubmed/32997725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239843 Text en © 2020 Chen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chen, Zi-ying Xie, Dan-feng Liu, Zhi-yuan Zhong, Yong-qi Zeng, Jing-yan Chen, Zheng Chen, Xin-lin Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
title | Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
title_full | Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
title_fullStr | Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
title_full_unstemmed | Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
title_short | Identification of the significant pathways of Banxia Houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
title_sort | identification of the significant pathways of banxia houpu decoction in the treatment of depression based on network pharmacology |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7527207/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32997725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239843 |
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