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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Epigenetic Studies of Chinese Herbal Medicine: Pleiotropic Role of DNA Methylation.

Wenqian Guo, Han Ma, Chong-Zhi Wang, Jin-Yi Wan, Haiqiang Yao, Chun-Su Yuan

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenqian GuoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Han MaSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Chong-Zhi WangTang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Jin-Yi WanSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Haiqiang YaoSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Chun-Su YuanTang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating knowledge has been achieved on DNA methylation participating in numerous cellular processes and multiple human diseases; however, few studies have addressed the pleiotropic role of DNA methylation in Chinese herbal medicine (CHM). CHM has been used worldwide for the prevention and treatment of multiple diseases. Newly developed epigenetic techniques have brought great opportunities for the development of CHM. In this review, we summarize the DNA methylation studies and portray the pleiotropic role of DNA methylation in CHM. DNA methylation serves as a mediator participating in plant responses to environmental factors, and thus affecting CHM medicinal plants growth and bioactive compound biosynthesis which are vital for therapeutic effects. Furthermore, DNA methylation helps to uncover the pharmaceutical mechanisms of CHM formulae, herbs, and herbal-derived compounds. It also provides scientific validation for constitution theory and other essential issues of CHM. This newly developed field of DNA methylation is up-and-coming to address many complicated scientific questions of CHM; it thus not only promotes disease treatment but also facilitates health maintenance.

Indexed as

Chinese herbal medicineconstitution theoryDNA methylationepigeneticsethnopharmacology

Identifiers

PMID34950039
PMCPMC8688941
OpenAlexW4200008598

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