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ArticleFrontiers in chemistry2026

Inflammatory and neurotoxic risk of atorvastatin in diabetic peripheral neuropathy: TNF-centered evidence integrating network toxicology, scRNA-Seq, and cell validation.

Hanbing Yang, Jing Chen, Peilin Zhu, Meng Yuan, Siyu Mao, Yujun He, Xin Wang, Jingni Wang, Xingchun Wang, Xingxia Wang

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Hanbing Yang *Renshou County People's Hospital, Meishan, Sichuan, China.
Jing Chen *Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Peilin ZhuDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Meng YuanDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Siyu MaoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Yujun HeDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Xin WangDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Jingni WangDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Xingchun WangThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.
Xingxia WangDepartment of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, China.

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Objective: To clarify atorvastatin's role in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) amid its controversial neuroprotective and neurotoxic effects. Methods: Integrated network toxicology, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and Results: Network toxicology identified TNF, CTNNB1, CASP3 as core targets (TNF as key hub), enriched in DPN-related pathways (oxidative stress, inflammation). scRNA-seq suggested that these targets are expressed in sensory neuron populations. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations suggested that atorvastatin can interact with the selected targets, with relatively favorable predicted affinity for TNFα. Conclusion: Our findings are consistent with a potential involvement of TNF/TNFα-associated inflammatory responses in atorvastatin-related cellular injury under the tested

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atorvastatinDPNmolecular dockingnetwork toxicologysingle-cell RNA sequencingTNFα

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