Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1): 188-197.DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.20221013.001

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Reveal the mechanisms of prescriptions for liver cancer' treatment based on two illustrious senior TCM physicians

WANG Bochuan1, ZHANG Yong2, ZHANG Qiuyun3, ZHANG Zhiqiang4, LUO Changyong5, WANG Zhendong1, BAI Chen1, WANG Yuhan1, GE Xueyi2, QIAN Ying3, YU He1(), GU Xiaohong1()   

  1. 1 School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 10029, China
    2 Liver Disease Branch, Shandong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250013, China
    3 School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
    4 Beijing Tcmages Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Beijing 101399, China
    5 Dongfang Hospital Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100078, China
  • Received:2022-05-05 Accepted:2022-09-21 Online:2023-02-15 Published:2023-01-10
  • Contact: YU He,GU Xiaohong
  • About author:Prof. GU Xiaohong, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 10029, China. guxiaohong1962@163.com. Telephone:+86-18810622544
    Prof. YU He, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 10029, China. yuhe221@126.com;
  • Supported by:
    National Key R&D Program of China Research on Inheritance and Innovation of Experience (Integration of Tao and Shu) of Illustrious Senior Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners by adopting Multiple Research Methods(2018YFC1704100);Research on Methodology System and Paradigms for Mining and Inheriting Illustrious Senior Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners’ Experience(2018YFC1704101)

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: To explore the core herbs of two illustrious senior Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Physicians for the treatment of liver cancer, and to further clarify the gene targets and pathway mechanisms of liver cancer that the core prescription (CP) may regulate.
METHODS: We used the patient information of two illustrious senior TCM physicians from the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Affiliated Hospital of Capital Medical University as the database. The CP was analyzed using the community network algorithm. The pathway mechanism was analyzed using network pharmacology method. And the prognostic survival genes were identified using Single factor cox regression analysis. Integrative Pharmacology-based Research Platform of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCMIP), Herb, Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), Genecards, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), Genomic Data Commons (GDC), The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Gephi and R were used to mine CP, building a pathway network diagram. All the analyses were visualized.
RESULTS: We found that the CP consistes of Huangqi (Radix Astragali Mongolici), Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae), Shuihonghuazi (Polygoni Orientalis Fructus), Baihuasheshecao (Herba Hedyotdis), Banzhilian (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae), and Ezhu (Rhizoma Curcumae Phaeocaulis), which were attributed to the two physicians respectively. The CP played an anti-cancer role through such pathways as signal transduction, energy metabolism, immune system and other pathways, covering a total of 112 pathways and 176 herb-disease-related genes. Fourteen genes have a significant impact on the prognosis and survival of liver cancer.
CONCLUSION: Based on the liver cancer cases of two illustrious senior TCM physicians, we obtained the CP through data mining. The CP may mainly exert anti-cancer effects by inhibiting inflammatory response, angiogenesis, and enhancing the body's immune response. We screened out 14 genes in the CP that may be related to the prognosis of liver cancer, and these genes may play an important regulatory role in the prognosis of liver cancer.

Key words: liver neoplasms, prognosis, network analysis, bioinformatics analysis, machine learning, medicine, Chinese traditional

Cite this article

WANG Bochuan, ZHANG Yong, ZHANG Qiuyun, ZHANG Zhiqiang, LUO Changyong, WANG Zhendong, BAI Chen, WANG Yuhan, GE Xueyi, QIAN Ying, YU He, GU Xiaohong. Reveal the mechanisms of prescriptions for liver cancer' treatment based on two illustrious senior TCM physicians[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023, 43(1): 188-197.