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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2021

Anti-Lung Cancer Targets of Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Biological Molecular Mechanism: Network Pharmacological Analyses and Experimental Validation.

Yunfei Ma, Guangda Li, Mingwei Yu, Kexin Cao, Qiwei Li, Xu Sun, Guowang Yang, Xiaomin Wang

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yunfei MaDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Guangda LiSchool of Graduates, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Mingwei YuDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-9224-4085
Kexin CaoDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Qiwei LiDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xu SunDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, The Tumor Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China.
Guowang YangDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xiaomin WangDepartment of Oncology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Capital Medical University · CNBeijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNZhengzhou University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo systematically explore the pharmacological mechanism of Radix Paeoniae Rubra (RPR) against lung cancer (LC).

methodsA network pharmacology approach, which involves active ingredients and target forecast, network construction, gene ontology and pathway enrichment, was employed in this research. In addition, the effect of Baicalein (BAI) in RPR on A549 cells was researched in vitro and in vivo.

resultsA total of 159 targets of the 29 active components in RPR were procured by pharmacokinetic parameters. The network analysis showed that β-sitosterol, baicalein, (+)-catechin, ellagic acid, stigmasterol, (2R, 3R)-4-methoxyl-distylin were the main ingredients and JUN, VEGFA, BCL2 were the hub targets of RPR in the treatment of LC. The functional enrichment analysis showed that RPR likely was useful to LC by regulating numerous pathways including Pathways in cancer, MAPK signaling pathway and so on. MTT results showed that 100μM, 200μM, 400μM of BAI had a time and dose-dependent inhibitory effect on A549 cells proliferation; Wound healing and transwell assays showed that 100μM, 200μM, 400μM of BAI could significantly restrain the migration and invasion of A549 cells; Flow cytometry assay results showed that 100μM, 200μM, 400μM of BAI could induce apoptosis of A549 cells. In vivo, BAI (50, 100 mg/kg) significantly inhibited tumor growth and promoted apoptosis of tumor cells compared with the control group.

conclusionBAI in RPR may exert anti-tumor effects by inhibiting the proliferation, migration and invasion of LC cells, and inducing the apoptosis of LC cells.

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baicaleinlung neoplasmsnetwork pharmacologyradix paeoniae rubra

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PMID33758512
PMCPMC7981145
OpenAlexW3138236435

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