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ArticleCardiovascular drugs and therapy2025

The Toll-like Receptor-2/4 Antagonist, Sparstolonin B, and Inflammatory Diseases: A Literature Mining and Network Analysis.

Rongyuan Yang, Qingqing Liu, Dawei Wang, Zhen Zhao, Zhaohai Su, Daping Fan, Qing Liu

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Rongyuan Yang *State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Clinical School of Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Qingqing Liu *State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Clinical School of Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Dawei Wang *The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong, 510405, China.
Zhen ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Clinical School of Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Zhaohai SuGanzhou Hospital of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Ganzhou Municipal Hospital, Ganzhou, 341000, China.
Daping FanDepartment of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29209, USA. Daping.Fan@uscmed.sc.edu.
Qing LiuState Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome, The Second Clinical School of Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China. 851757626@qq.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2199-2999

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backgroundSparstolonin B (SsnB) is characterized as a new toll-like receptor (TLR)-2/4 antagonist. However, the effects of SsnB on different inflammatory diseases have not been systemically reviewed.

methodsWe investigated the effects of SsnB on inflammatory diseases with data mining and network analysis of literature, including frequency description, cluster analysis, association rule mining, functional enrichment, and protein-protein interaction (PPI) mining.

resultsA total of 27 experimental reports were included. The ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines were used to evaluate the quality of animal studies. Frequency analysis revealed 13 different diseases (cardio-cerebrovascular system diseases account for 23.53%), 12 pharmacological effects (anti-inflammatory effect accounts for 53.85%), and 67 therapeutic targets. The overview of investigation sequence of SsnB studies was depicted by Sankey diagram. Cluster analysis classified the therapeutic targets for SsnB into four main categories: (1) NF-κB; (2) IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α; (3) TLR2, TLR4, and MyD88; (4) the other targets. Moreover, the Apriori association discovered two main association pairs: (1) TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 and (2) TLR2, TLR4, and MyD88 (support range 33.33-50%, confidence range 83.33-88.89%). Functional enrichment of the therapeutic targets for SsnB showed that the top enriched items in the biological process were mainly the response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/bacterial origin and regulation of cytokine production. Finally, the PPI network and hub gene selection by maximal clique centrality (MCC) algorithm indicated the top ranked proteins were TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, AKT1, PPAR-γ, TLR4, CCL2, and TLR2.

conclusionThese results emphasized the importance of TLR2/TLR4-MyD88-NF-κB-IL-1β/IL-6/TNF-α pathways as therapeutic targets of SsnB in inflammatory diseases.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsInflammationToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 4AnimalsData MiningHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsHumansProtein Interaction MapsSignal TransductionAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Ringssparstolonin BTLR2 protein, humanTLR4 protein, humanToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 4Data miningInflammatory diseasesNetwork analysisRelated proteinsSparstolonin B (SsnB)

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