As the novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and its variants continue to rage into the second year of a global pandemic,many success stories of applying Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)to treat COVID-19 patients contin...As the novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and its variants continue to rage into the second year of a global pandemic,many success stories of applying Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)to treat COVID-19 patients continue to emerge from China and other part of the world.Herewith,from a systems medicine perspective,the authors analyze those experiences and categorize them into four major treatment principles:(1)focusing on eliminating toxins in the early stage of the disease,(2)tonifying deficiency of the body throughout the entire disease course,(3)treating the affected lung and intestine simultaneously based on visceral interactions,(4)cooling blood and removing blood stasis at the later stage,as well as interpret the rationale of these principles.This is helpful not only in reducing the complexity of promoting the CHM applications to enhance anti-COVID-19 efficacy,but also in ramping out the process of integrating traditional Chinese medicine with modern medical practices.展开更多
The new coronavirus variant Omicron spread in China this time has the characteristics of strong transmission,short infection incubation period and mild symptoms.In order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic...The new coronavirus variant Omicron spread in China this time has the characteristics of strong transmission,short infection incubation period and mild symptoms.In order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic,medical staff,public security,volunteers and other staff are facing great challenges.At the same time,due to the unknown of the disease and many conditions such as home isolation,the entire society has a lot of social anxiety and sadness.Music therapy is an important supplement for the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.This commentary takes the prevention idea of"preventing disease"as the basic principle to analyze the application of five-tone therapy to the mitigation and control of Coronavirus disease 2019.It is a method worth popularizing and applying.展开更多
The outbreak and spread of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)highlighted the importance and urgency of the research and development of therapeutic drugs.Very early into the COVID-19 pandemic,China has begun developing...The outbreak and spread of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)highlighted the importance and urgency of the research and development of therapeutic drugs.Very early into the COVID-19 pandemic,China has begun developing drugs,with some notable progress.Herein,we summarizes the anti-COVID-19 drugs and promising drug candidates originally developed and researched in China.Furthermore,we discussed the developmental prospects,mechanisms of action,and advantages and disadvantages of the anti-COVID-19 drugs in development,with the aim to contribute to the rational use of drugs in COVID-19 treatment and more effective development of new drugs against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)and the variants.Neutralizing antibody is an effective approach to overcome COVID-19.However,drug resistance induced by rapid virus mutation will likely to challenge neutralizing antibodies.Taking into account current epidemic trends,small molecule drugs have a crucial role in fighting COVID-19 due to their significant advantage of convenient administration and affordable and broad-spectrum.Traditional Chinese medicines,including natural products and traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions,contribute to the treatment of COVID-19 due to their unique mechanism of action.Currently,the research and development of Chinese anti-COVID-19 drugs have led to some promising achievements,thus prompting us to expect even more rapidly available solutions.展开更多
Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),has spread worldwide.Effective treatments against COVID-19 remain urgently in need although vaccination signific...Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),has spread worldwide.Effective treatments against COVID-19 remain urgently in need although vaccination significantly reduces the incidence,hospitalization,and mortality.At present,antiviral drugs including Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir(Paxlovid^(TM)),Remdesivir,and Molnupiravir have been authorized to treat COVID-19 and become more globally available.On the other hand,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has been used for the treatment of epidemic diseases for a long history.Currently,various TCM formulae against COVID-19 such as Qingfei Paidu decoction,Xuanfei Baidu granule,Huashi Baidu granule,Jinhua Qinggan granule,Lianhua Qingwen capsule,and Xuebijing injection have been widely used in clinical practice in China,which may cause potential herb-drug interactions(HDIs)in patients under treatment with antiviral drugs and affect the efficacy and safety of medicines.However,information on potential HDIs between the above anti-COVID-19 drugs and TCM formulae is lacking,and thus this work seeks to summarize and highlight potential HDIs between antiviral drugs and TCM formulae against COVID-19,and especially pharmacokinetic HDIs mediated by metabolizing enzymes and/or transporters.These well-characterized HDIs could provide useful information on clinical concomitant medicine use to maximize clinical outcomes and minimize adverse and toxic effects.展开更多
Despite the global decline in the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, the disease stillrepresents a major concern to the relevant scientific and medical communities. The primary concern of drug ...Despite the global decline in the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, the disease stillrepresents a major concern to the relevant scientific and medical communities. The primary concern of drug scientists,virologists, and other concerned specialists in this respect is to find ready-to-use suitable and potent anticoronaviraltherapies that are broadly effective against the different species/strains of the coronaviruses in general, not only againstthe current and previous coronaviruses (e.g., the recently-appeared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2“SARS-CoV-2”), i.e., effective antiviral agents for treatment and/or prophylaxis of any coronaviral infections, includingthose of the coming ones from the next species and strains (if any). As an expert in this field, I tried, in this up-to-dateperspective “viewpoint” article, to evaluate the suitability and applicability of using the currently-availableanticoronaviral agents for the next coronavirus diseases (COVIDs) and coronaviral pandemics, highlighting the mostimportant general guidelines that should be considered in the next pandemics from the therapeutic points of view.展开更多
Via an insufficient coat protein complex I(COPI)retrieval signal,the majority of SARSCo V-2 spike(S)is resident in host early secretory organelles and a tiny amount is leaked out in cell surface.Only surface-exposed S...Via an insufficient coat protein complex I(COPI)retrieval signal,the majority of SARSCo V-2 spike(S)is resident in host early secretory organelles and a tiny amount is leaked out in cell surface.Only surface-exposed S can be recognized by B cell receptor(BCR)or anti-S therapeutic monoclonal antibodies(m Abs)that is the trigger step for B cell activation after S m RNA vaccination or infected cell clearance by S m Abs.Now,a drug strategy to promote S host surface exposure is absent.Here,we first combined structural and biochemical analysis to characterize S COPI sorting signals.A potent S COPI sorting inhibitor was then invented,evidently capable of promoting S surface exposure and facilitating infected cell clearance by S antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity(ADCC).Importantly,with the inhibitor as a probe,we revealed Omicron BA.1 S is less cell surface exposed than prototypes because of a constellation of S folding mutations,possibly corresponding to its ER chaperone association.Our findings not only suggest COPI is a druggable target against COVID-19,but also highlight SARS-Co V-2 evolution mechanism driven by S folding and trafficking mutations.展开更多
As a multifunctional fluorescent nanomaterial, carbon dots (CDs) not only have small size, stable chemical properties, excellent photoluminescence characteristics, but also exhibit good biocompatibility and low toxici...As a multifunctional fluorescent nanomaterial, carbon dots (CDs) not only have small size, stable chemical properties, excellent photoluminescence characteristics, but also exhibit good biocompatibility and low toxicity. It has attracted considerable attention in the field of nanotechnology and biological science. CDs contain abundant functional groups on the surface, which not only retain part of the properties of raw materials, but also may have new photoelectric, catalytic, biomedical, and other functions. In this review, we systematically summarize the synthesis methods, modifications, optical properties, and main biological functions of CDs in recent years. The application of functionalized modified CDs in biological detection, biological imaging, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, targeted therapy, drug delivery, gene delivery, protein delivery, and other biomedical fields is introduced. The latest progress of CDs with its own biomedical function in antioxidant, anti-pathogen, and disease treatment is summarized. Finally, we discuss some problems in the practical application of CDs and look forward to the future development trend of self-functional CDs combined with surface modification to achieve multimodal treatment of diseases.展开更多
Edible mushrooms are ubiquitous around the world due to their enormous health benefits.Mushrooms have been used as folk medicine and healthy food from ancient times but their health-promoting effects have not been exp...Edible mushrooms are ubiquitous around the world due to their enormous health benefits.Mushrooms have been used as folk medicine and healthy food from ancient times but their health-promoting effects have not been explored.As a superfood,mushroom powder is an essential component of the human diet for improving health and immunity.Bioactive components present in them such as proteins,polysaccharides,terpenes,and lipids have recently sparked much attention to exhibit therapeutic properties such as anti-cancer,immunomodulatory,antihypercholesterolemia,antiviral,antidiabetic,and anti-inflammatory effects.Moreover,these isolated compounds have the potentiality to be used in dietary supplements and medicines.In addition,numerous bioactive compounds such as ergosterol,gallic acid,and cordycepin proved to be essential in preventing or reducing the severity of COVID-19.This review unveils a comprehensive understanding of the nutraceutical as well as the medicinal potential of mushrooms and their applications in food products for human wellness.展开更多
文摘As the novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)and its variants continue to rage into the second year of a global pandemic,many success stories of applying Chinese herbal medicine(CHM)to treat COVID-19 patients continue to emerge from China and other part of the world.Herewith,from a systems medicine perspective,the authors analyze those experiences and categorize them into four major treatment principles:(1)focusing on eliminating toxins in the early stage of the disease,(2)tonifying deficiency of the body throughout the entire disease course,(3)treating the affected lung and intestine simultaneously based on visceral interactions,(4)cooling blood and removing blood stasis at the later stage,as well as interpret the rationale of these principles.This is helpful not only in reducing the complexity of promoting the CHM applications to enhance anti-COVID-19 efficacy,but also in ramping out the process of integrating traditional Chinese medicine with modern medical practices.
基金approved by National Natural Science Foundation of China(82074581)Shanghai Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Project of Science and Technology Commission of Changning District,Shanghai(CNKW2020Y24).
文摘The new coronavirus variant Omicron spread in China this time has the characteristics of strong transmission,short infection incubation period and mild symptoms.In order to effectively prevent and control the epidemic,medical staff,public security,volunteers and other staff are facing great challenges.At the same time,due to the unknown of the disease and many conditions such as home isolation,the entire society has a lot of social anxiety and sadness.Music therapy is an important supplement for the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders.This commentary takes the prevention idea of"preventing disease"as the basic principle to analyze the application of five-tone therapy to the mitigation and control of Coronavirus disease 2019.It is a method worth popularizing and applying.
基金This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,Grant No.81803614).
文摘The outbreak and spread of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)highlighted the importance and urgency of the research and development of therapeutic drugs.Very early into the COVID-19 pandemic,China has begun developing drugs,with some notable progress.Herein,we summarizes the anti-COVID-19 drugs and promising drug candidates originally developed and researched in China.Furthermore,we discussed the developmental prospects,mechanisms of action,and advantages and disadvantages of the anti-COVID-19 drugs in development,with the aim to contribute to the rational use of drugs in COVID-19 treatment and more effective development of new drugs against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)and the variants.Neutralizing antibody is an effective approach to overcome COVID-19.However,drug resistance induced by rapid virus mutation will likely to challenge neutralizing antibodies.Taking into account current epidemic trends,small molecule drugs have a crucial role in fighting COVID-19 due to their significant advantage of convenient administration and affordable and broad-spectrum.Traditional Chinese medicines,including natural products and traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions,contribute to the treatment of COVID-19 due to their unique mechanism of action.Currently,the research and development of Chinese anti-COVID-19 drugs have led to some promising achievements,thus prompting us to expect even more rapidly available solutions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants 82025034 and 81973392 to Huichang Bi.And grants 82274193 and 82074110 to Ling Ye)the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines(grant SKLNMKF202209 to Ling Ye,China)+2 种基金the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(No.KQTD20190929174023858 to Huichang Bi,China)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2023A1515012859 to Shicheng Fan,China)Guangdong Medical Research Foundation(A2023109 to Shicheng Fan,China)。
文摘Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19),caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),has spread worldwide.Effective treatments against COVID-19 remain urgently in need although vaccination significantly reduces the incidence,hospitalization,and mortality.At present,antiviral drugs including Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir(Paxlovid^(TM)),Remdesivir,and Molnupiravir have been authorized to treat COVID-19 and become more globally available.On the other hand,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has been used for the treatment of epidemic diseases for a long history.Currently,various TCM formulae against COVID-19 such as Qingfei Paidu decoction,Xuanfei Baidu granule,Huashi Baidu granule,Jinhua Qinggan granule,Lianhua Qingwen capsule,and Xuebijing injection have been widely used in clinical practice in China,which may cause potential herb-drug interactions(HDIs)in patients under treatment with antiviral drugs and affect the efficacy and safety of medicines.However,information on potential HDIs between the above anti-COVID-19 drugs and TCM formulae is lacking,and thus this work seeks to summarize and highlight potential HDIs between antiviral drugs and TCM formulae against COVID-19,and especially pharmacokinetic HDIs mediated by metabolizing enzymes and/or transporters.These well-characterized HDIs could provide useful information on clinical concomitant medicine use to maximize clinical outcomes and minimize adverse and toxic effects.
文摘Despite the global decline in the severity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, the disease stillrepresents a major concern to the relevant scientific and medical communities. The primary concern of drug scientists,virologists, and other concerned specialists in this respect is to find ready-to-use suitable and potent anticoronaviraltherapies that are broadly effective against the different species/strains of the coronaviruses in general, not only againstthe current and previous coronaviruses (e.g., the recently-appeared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2“SARS-CoV-2”), i.e., effective antiviral agents for treatment and/or prophylaxis of any coronaviral infections, includingthose of the coming ones from the next species and strains (if any). As an expert in this field, I tried, in this up-to-dateperspective “viewpoint” article, to evaluate the suitability and applicability of using the currently-availableanticoronaviral agents for the next coronavirus diseases (COVIDs) and coronaviral pandemics, highlighting the mostimportant general guidelines that should be considered in the next pandemics from the therapeutic points of view.
基金supported by Startup fund program at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine(BUCM)(90011451310011,China)to Wenfu Mathe emergency fund against COVID-19 program at BUCM(1000061223476,China)to Wenfu Mathe innovation team and talents cultivation program of national administration of traditional Chinese medicine(ZYYCXTD-C202006,China)to Wenfu Ma。
文摘Via an insufficient coat protein complex I(COPI)retrieval signal,the majority of SARSCo V-2 spike(S)is resident in host early secretory organelles and a tiny amount is leaked out in cell surface.Only surface-exposed S can be recognized by B cell receptor(BCR)or anti-S therapeutic monoclonal antibodies(m Abs)that is the trigger step for B cell activation after S m RNA vaccination or infected cell clearance by S m Abs.Now,a drug strategy to promote S host surface exposure is absent.Here,we first combined structural and biochemical analysis to characterize S COPI sorting signals.A potent S COPI sorting inhibitor was then invented,evidently capable of promoting S surface exposure and facilitating infected cell clearance by S antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity(ADCC).Importantly,with the inhibitor as a probe,we revealed Omicron BA.1 S is less cell surface exposed than prototypes because of a constellation of S folding mutations,possibly corresponding to its ER chaperone association.Our findings not only suggest COPI is a druggable target against COVID-19,but also highlight SARS-Co V-2 evolution mechanism driven by S folding and trafficking mutations.
基金Innovation Team Program of Guangdong Province,Grant/Award Number:2020KCXTD038Key Technologies Research and Development Program,Grant/Award Number:2019YFA0705202+1 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:12032007,31701296,62274027,81941001Chongqing Natural Science Foundation,Grant/Award Number:cstc2019jcyjzdxmX0028。
文摘As a multifunctional fluorescent nanomaterial, carbon dots (CDs) not only have small size, stable chemical properties, excellent photoluminescence characteristics, but also exhibit good biocompatibility and low toxicity. It has attracted considerable attention in the field of nanotechnology and biological science. CDs contain abundant functional groups on the surface, which not only retain part of the properties of raw materials, but also may have new photoelectric, catalytic, biomedical, and other functions. In this review, we systematically summarize the synthesis methods, modifications, optical properties, and main biological functions of CDs in recent years. The application of functionalized modified CDs in biological detection, biological imaging, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, targeted therapy, drug delivery, gene delivery, protein delivery, and other biomedical fields is introduced. The latest progress of CDs with its own biomedical function in antioxidant, anti-pathogen, and disease treatment is summarized. Finally, we discuss some problems in the practical application of CDs and look forward to the future development trend of self-functional CDs combined with surface modification to achieve multimodal treatment of diseases.
基金funded by Science and Engineering Research Board,Department of Science and Technology(SERB/EEQ/2018/000131)。
文摘Edible mushrooms are ubiquitous around the world due to their enormous health benefits.Mushrooms have been used as folk medicine and healthy food from ancient times but their health-promoting effects have not been explored.As a superfood,mushroom powder is an essential component of the human diet for improving health and immunity.Bioactive components present in them such as proteins,polysaccharides,terpenes,and lipids have recently sparked much attention to exhibit therapeutic properties such as anti-cancer,immunomodulatory,antihypercholesterolemia,antiviral,antidiabetic,and anti-inflammatory effects.Moreover,these isolated compounds have the potentiality to be used in dietary supplements and medicines.In addition,numerous bioactive compounds such as ergosterol,gallic acid,and cordycepin proved to be essential in preventing or reducing the severity of COVID-19.This review unveils a comprehensive understanding of the nutraceutical as well as the medicinal potential of mushrooms and their applications in food products for human wellness.
