ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Interstitial Cells of Cajal: Potential Targets for Functional Dyspepsia Treatment Using Medicinal Natural Products.
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- Reflux esophagitis patients exhibit reduced gastric tolerance, impaired slow-wave activity and esophageal dysmotility.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Combined UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS and Network Pharmacology to Analyze the Potential Mechanism of Jieyu Fuwei Powder for Functional Dyspepsia Treatment.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- Hesperidin facilitating gastrointestinal motility by "Gut-brain axis" and "SCF/C-Kit signaling pathways".Poultry science · 2024Article
- Naringenin Promotes Gastrointestinal Motility in Mice by Impacting the SCF/c-Kit Pathway and Gut Microbiota.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Improvement of functional dyspepsia with Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall via regulating brain-gut peptide and gut microbiota structure.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
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- Chaihu Shugan San promotes gastric motility in rats with functional dyspepsia by regulating Drp-1-mediated ICC mitophagy.Pharmaceutical biology · 2023Article
- Effects and mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicines on functional dyspepsia: A review.Chinese herbal medicines · 2023Review
- Network pharmacology and experimental studies for deciphering the molecular targets and mechanisms of Chaihu Shugan powder in the treatment of functional dyspepsia.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionThe pathophysiology of functional dyspepsia (FD) remains uncertain, but the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs), pacemakers that regulate gastrointestinal motility, are garnering attention as key modulators and therapeutic targets in FD. This review comprehensively discusses the involvement of ICCs in the pharmacologic actions of FD and as therapeutic targets for herbal products for FD.
methodsA search of the literature was performed using PubMed by pairing "interstitial cells of Cajal" with "medicinal plant, herbal medicine, phytotherapy, flavonoids, or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)."
resultsFrom the 55 articles screened in the initial survey, 34 articles met our study criteria. The search results showed that herbal products can directly depolarize ICCs to generate pacemaker potentials and increase the expression of c-kit and stem cell factors, helping to repair ICCs. Under certain pathological conditions, medicinal plants also protect ICCs from oxidative stress and/or inflammation-induced impairment. Two representative herbal decoctions (
conclusionThis review strongly indicates the potential of herbal products to target ICCs and suggests that further ICC-based studies would be promising for the development of FD treatment agents.
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