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ReviewPharmacology research & perspectives2025

Role of Chinese Medicine Monomers in Dry Eye Disease: Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Inflammation.

Zhuoyu Hu, Xiangdong Chen, Qi Hu, Menglong Zou, Zhimin Liu

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zhuoyu HuThe First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Xiangdong ChenThe First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9059-9566
Qi HuGraduate School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Menglong ZouGraduate School of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Zhimin LiuThe First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.

Funding

Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China 82374525Hunan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine B2024048Hunan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine E2022044Hunan Provincial Clinical Medical Research Center for Ophthalmic Diseases (Traditional Chinese Medicine) 2023SK4038The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Advantageous Disease) 201915the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(Inheritance and Innovation Project) 2024 XYLH342The Innovation Project for Graduate Students of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine. 2022CX150The key research project of Hunan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine C2022002the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province of China 2025JJ90006The Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Department of Education 22C0184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dry eye disease (DED) is a chronically inflammatory ocular surface disorder of unknown pathogenesis. Anti-inflammatory medications, artificial tears, autologous serum, and LipiFlow have been shown to be highly beneficial in alleviating symptoms. Nevertheless, these interventions often provide only short-term results and do not address the underlying problems of the disease. There is growing evidence that the risk of DED is associated with a vicious cycle of inflammation. This vicious cycle of inflammation is produced by the interaction of several factors, including tear film hyperosmolarity, tear film instability, inflammation, and apoptosis. Chinese medicine monomers, distinguished by their multicomponent and multitarget advantages, have been shown to help treat DED by modulating tear film status, and inhibiting inflammatory responses, and apoptosis, providing a new way of thinking of the management of DED in Chinese medicine.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsDrugs, Chinese HerbalDry Eye SyndromesInflammationAnimalsApoptosisHumansMedicine, Chinese TraditionalTearsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDrugs, Chinese HerbalapoptosisChinese medicine monomerdry eye diseaseinflammationvicious cycle

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PMID39979080
PMCPMC11842162

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