Publications by authors named "Gao Weijuan"

Background: Buyang huanwu decoction (BYHWD) has shown significant clinical efficacy in the treatment of several diseases, particularly stroke. However, bibliometric research has not been comprehensive.

Methods: BYHWD articles were collected from literature databases published from January 1, 1915, to March 31, 2024, including the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Weipu, Wanfang, Pubmed, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Stroke is a common condition that poses a significant threat to human health. Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BYHWD) is a traditional treatment used for stroke management. However, the exact mechanism by which BYHWD mitigates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion by regulating calcium overload and restoring mitochondrial function is not yet fully understood.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: A traditional Chinese medicine extracted from the Ginkgophyta, Ginkgo biloba is commonly used to treat cardiac cerebral disease all over the world. Limited data exist regarding adverse drug reactions associated with Ginkgo biloba extract post-marketing.

Aim Of The Study: Currently, the drug safety profile of Ginkgo biloba extract is assessed using a substantial volume of case safety reports within the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a common complication of ischemic stroke, with autophagy and pyroptosis playing key roles. Huangqi and Danggui (HQDG) are a commonly used drug pair of Chinese traditional medicine for clinical treatment of ischemic stroke.

Aim Of The Study: The study aims to investigate the interaction between autophagy and pyroptosis regulated by HQDG through the AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway during cerebral I/R injury.

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Chinese herbs are a huge treasure trove of natural products and an important source of many active molecules. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine compatibility (TCMC) is widely applied in clinical practice, but its mechanism is still ambiguous. This study aims to open a new window for this predicament by studying the interaction between the main active ingredients from a drug pair.

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Objective: To assess the effect and mechanism of Sanhua Tang (, SHT) in treating ischemic stroke (IS) through the "Kaitong Xuanfu" theory by using network pharmacology and animal experiments.

Methods: The active ingredients and targets of SHT and IS were screened by public databases such as Traditional Chinese Medicine systems pharmacology, GeneCards, and online mendelian inheritance in man. Visual network topographies were constructed using R, Cytoscape 3.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Astragaloside IV (ASⅣ), found in Radix Astragali, is shown to help treat brain injury after reduced blood flow (cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury or CIRI), but its exact molecular mechanism is still under investigation.
  • - The study utilized rat models to analyze how ASⅣ impacts CIRI through long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), focusing on its effects on neurological scores, infarction volume, and pyroptosis (a form of cell death). Results revealed that ASⅣ can lessen brain damage and inflammation.
  • - A specific regulatory network involving LOC102555978, miR-3584-5p, and NLRP3 was identified, showing that AS
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Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is a lethal cerebrovascular disorder with a high mortality and morbidity. Although it is a major public health problem, there is no effective treatment for ICH. After ICH, the primary and secondary mechanisms are mentioned when discussing brain injury.

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Iron plays an essential role in various physiological processes. A disruption in iron homeostasis can lead to severe consequences, including impaired neurodevelopment, neurodegenerative disorders, stroke, and cancer. Interestingly, the link between mental health disorders and iron homeostasis has not received significant attention.

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Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundantly and stably expressed in the brain of mammals and humans. Some circRNAs are implicated in ischemic stroke. Therefore, we aimed to detect how circRNAs change in the key penumbra area during cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (CI/R) injury.

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This study examined the effects of 1,8-cineole on reducing oxidative stress injury and restoring mitochondrial function in oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation (OGD/R) HT22 cells via the nuclear factor erythrocyte 2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) pathway. The optimal concentration of 1,8-cineole to reduce OGD/R injury was screened via cell morphology, cell survival rate, and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) leakage rate. Oxidative damage was observed by measuring superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX), catalase (CAT) activities, and reactive oxygen species (ROS), glutathione (GSH), protein carbonyl, malondialdehyde (MDA), lipid peroxidation (LPO) content, and 8-hydroxy-2 deoxyguanosine (8-OHDG) expression.

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: cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is an important complication of ischemic stroke, and autophagy is one of the mechanisms of it. In this study, we aimed to determine the role and mechanism of autophagy in cerebral I/R injury. : the oxygen and glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R) method was used to model cerebral I/R injury in HT22 cells.

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Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Ischemic stroke is a significant risk factor for human health, and Buyang Huanwu Decoction is a classical and famous Chinese formula for treating it, but without clear pharmacological mechanism.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study was to investigate that the molecular mechanism of BYHWD activation of the PKCε/Nrf2 signaling pathway to attenuate cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) oxidative damage.

Materials And Methods: The MCAO method was used to establish a brain I/R injury model in SD rats, and neurological deficits were evaluated by neurological function score.

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We used network pharmacology to predict the correlation between the pathway of Bushenhuoxue formula in the treatment of vascular dementia and carried out experiments to verify the correlation between drug composition and disease. By screening the active components and key targets through various databases and drawing the topological network diagram, we obtained 502 effective compound targets, 601 disease targets, 95 disease-related compound targets, and 162 pathways. The pathway related to vascular dementia may be neurodegeneration-multiple diseases, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, Mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway, or HIF-1 signaling pathway.

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Alzheimer's disease(AD) patients in China have been surging, and the resultant medical burden and care demand have a huge impact on the development of individuals, families, and the society. The active component compound of Epimedii Folium, Astragali Radix, and Puerariae Lobatae Radix(YHG) can regulate the expression of iron metabolism-related proteins to inhibit brain iron overload and relieve hypofunction of central nervous system in AD patients. Hepcidin is an important target regulating iron metabolism.

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Objectives: To evaluate the protective effect of Buyang Huanwu Decoction (BHD) against cerebral ischemia reperfusion and investigate whether autophagy is involved in its mechanism of action.

Methods: Adult male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: the sham, cerebral ischemia reperfusion (I/R), and I/R + BHD groups. A rat model of cerebral I/R injury was established via middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) for 2 h, followed by 1, 3, and 7 d of reperfusion.

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spp. is among the main foodborne pathogens which cause serious foodborne diseases. An isothermal real-time recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and lateral flow strip detection (LFS RPA) were used to detect spp.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) process is characterized classically by two hallmark pathologies: β-amyloid (Aβ) plaque deposition and neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau. Aβ peptides play an important role in AD, but despite much effort the molecular mechanisms of how Aβ contributes to AD remain unclear. The present study evaluated the effects of the active components of Epimedium, Astragalus and Radix Puerariae induced HAMP on key enzymes in the hydrolysis of APP in HT22 cells.

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Cerebral ischemia‑reperfusion injury (CIRI), caused by the reperfusion of blocked vessels following ischemic stroke, can lead to secondary brain injury. Throughout CIRI, apoptosis serves an important role. Astragaloside IV is a potential neuroprotectant that alleviates CIRI by inhibiting apoptosis.

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Objective: We used the network pharmacological analysis method to explore the mechanism of multicomponent, multitarget, and multiway actions of Xiao-Xu-Ming decoction (XXMD) for cerebral ischemic stroke (CIS), which provided a basis on the research of innovative drugs.

Method: We used the Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology Database and Analysis Platform (TCMSP) to retrieve the active ingredients and targets of 12 herbs of XXMD; we used the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) to screen for differentially expressed genes in CIS to obtain the disease targets of CIS and to intersect it with the action targets of XXMD, and then the target drug efficacy is obtained. We used Cytoscape 3.

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Objective: To explore the protective mechanisms of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Bushenhuoxue (BSHX) in a rat model of vascular dementia (VD).

Methods: A rat model of VD was developed using bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (BCCAO). Rats were administered BSHX (10.

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Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) caused by ischemic stroke treatments leads to brain injury, and autophagy plays a role in the pathology. Astragaloside IV is a potential neuroprotectant, but its underlying mechanism on cerebral I/R injury needs to be explored. The objective of this study is to investigate the neuroprotective mechanism of Astragaloside IV against cerebral I/R injury.

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In recent years, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapy has achieved substantial progress and development, playing an important role in clinical practice. In this paper, to explore the therapeutic effect of Astragalus in treating ischemic cerebrovascular disease, 2687 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease who had been treated with Astragalus therapy from Jan 2014-Oct 2015 were selected as the research objects. Through retrospective analysis of their medical records, we analyzed the application frequency of Astragalus using quantitative method of information, and conducted specific analysis on the therapeutic effect of Astragalus after fully surveyed patients' physical conditions after treatment.

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder and the most common cause of dementia. New treatments for AD are required due to its increasing prevalence in aging populations. The present study evaluated the effects of the active components of , and on learning and memory impairment, β-amyloid (Aβ) reduction and brain iron load in an APP/PS1 transgenic mouse model of AD.

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