Exploration on the mechanism of Radix Astragali-Caulis Spatholobi by Qi-invigorating and blood-activating combination for the treatment of atherosclerosis based on network pharmacology

The objective of this study was to investigate the main active ingredients,potential targets,and possible mechanisms of action of the combination of Radix Astragali and Caulis Spatholobi for the treatment of atherosclerosis using network pharmacology.The study aimed to provide a reference basis for the development of new formulations and clinical use of Chinese medicine.The main components of Radix Astragali and Caulis Spatholobi were obtained from the TCMSP,BATMAN-TCM database,and literature reports.The targets corresponding to the main components were imported into the Uniprot database to standardize the names,and target information was supplemented with the Swiss Target Prediction database.Disease-related targets were obtained from DrugBank,OMIM,CTD,GeneCards,and DisGeNET online databases.Venn tools were used to obtain the potential targets of Radix Astragali and Caulis Spatholobi for the treatment of AS.The intersecting genes were imported into the STRING 11.5 database to construct protein-protein interaction network maps and analyze their interactions.Cytoscape 3.7.1 software was used to mine their core targets.GO function and KEGG signaling pathway enrichment analysis were performed using the DAVID v2023q1 database.The results were imported into the“Bioinformatics Cloud Platform”to generate enrichment bubble maps.Finally,the“component-target-pathway”diagram was constructed using Cytoscape 3.7.1 software.The study found that 78 major active ingredients and 527 potential targets were obtained from Radix Astragali and Caulis Spatholobi.The main active components of the two in combination for the treatment of AS are quercetin,stigmasterol,kaempferol,luteolin,formononetin,etc.The key targets involve CDKN1A,E2F1,CDK4,CDK2,CDK1,RB1,TP53,CDKN1B,IL6,JUN,etc.The main pathways involved the AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications,cancer pathway,etc.The biological processes involved include positive regulation of gene expression,negative regulation of apoptotic process,etc.The study initially verified the feasibility of the combination of Radix Astragali-Caulis Spatholobi by Qi-invigorating(promoting human metabolic activity)and blood-activating for the treatment of AS.It demonstrated that the combination of Chinese medicine has multi-level,multi-target,and multi-pathway mechanisms of action to treat the disease,providing a reference basis for the development and utilization of new drugs.

Meta analysis of infertility due to polycystic ovarian syndrome treated by kidney-tonifying and blood-activating therapy

Objective:To explore the Meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome-induced infertility by tonifying kidney and activating blood circulation.Methods:Chinese keywords or subject words such as"kidney-tonifying and Blood-Activating Therapy","polycystic ovary syndrome","infertility"were searched in CNKI,Wanfang and Weipu databases,and English keywords such as"Kidney-tonifying and Blood-Activating Therapy","Stein-Leventhal syndrome","Infertility"were searched in Pubmed database for a period of 2.From 2000 to 2019,Meta-analysis was carried out with Review Manager 5.0.Results:Thirteen randomized controlled literatures were screened out,and the control group was treated with routine western medicine and the treatment group was treated with Kidney-tonifying and Blood-activating therapy.All of them included literatures mentioned grouping method,but no blind method was mentioned,and the literature quality was generally low.Meta-analysis of the effective rate showed that Z=3.69(P=0.0002<0.001),95%CI(1.77,6.42),indicating that the effective rate in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group.Meta-analysis of the cycle ovulation rate showed that Z=2.19(P=0.03<0.05),95%CI(1.08,4.35),indicating that the cycle ovulation rate in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group.Meta-analysis of pregnancy rate showed that:Z=7.07(P<0.00001),95%CI(2.27,4.24),indicating that the pregnancy rate in the treatment group was higher than that in the control group;bias analysis found that the literature was distributed on both sides of the dotted line,most of which were biased.Meta-analysis of the incidence of LUFS showed that Z=3.25(P=0.001<0.05),95%CI(0.02,0.38),indicating that the incidence of LUFS in the treatment group was lower than that in the control group.Meta-analysis of serum E2 level after treatment showed that Z=4.41(P<0.0001),95%CI(11.01,28.64),indicating that the serum E2 level in treatment group was higher than that in control group after treatment.Conclusion:Meta-analysis shows that the method of tonifying kidney and activating blood circulation has a significant effect on infertility caused by polycystic ovary syndrome.It can improve the level of sex hormones,improve the efficiency,cycle ovulation rate and pregnancy rate,and reduce the incidence of LUFS.However,the quality of the included literature is not high,which needs to be further included in high-quality literature to confirm.

Clinical effect of Jiutengzhuyu tablets on promoting blood circulation in women with oviducal obstruction

OBJECTIVE： To test the clinical curative effect of Jiutengzhuyu tablets, a patented Chinese vine-de- rived drug used for promoting blood circulation, on women with oviducal obstruction. METHODS Patients with tubal infertility were di- vided randomly into two groups： 58 patients in the treatment group and 57 in a control group. The treated patients took Jiutengzhuyu tablets orally for 25 days. The control group received an intrauter- ine infusion of 5 mg dexamethasone sodium phos- phate, 4000 units of chymotrypsin, 80 000 units of gentamicin sulfate dissolved in 20 mL of normal sa- line at I mL/min. After 3 months of treatment, the curative effect on tubal patency was assessed and a l-year follow-up visit was used to document any pregnancies. RESULTS The total effective rate was 78% in the treatment group and 32% in the control group with a statistically significant difference （x2=24.57, P〈0.01）.CONCLUSION： Jiutengzhuyu was effective in treat- ing infertility caused by tubal infertility with a Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis of blood stasis.