Kidney-yang deficiency syndrome (KYDS) is characterized by a metabolic disorder stemming from neuroendocrine dysregulation, often associated with hepatic dysfunction. In traditional Chinese medicine, Linn. (BGZ) is commonly utilized for treating KYDS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDrug-induced liver injury (DILI) is one of the most common causes of a drug being withdrawn, and identifying the culprit drugs and the host factors at risk of causing DILI has become a current challenge. Recent studies have found that immune status plays a considerable role in the development of DILI. In this study, DILI-related differentially expressed genes mediated by immunoinflammatory cytokines were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to predict the occurrence of DILI (named the DILI predictive gene set, DILI_PGS), and the predictability of the DILI_PGS was verified using the Connectivity Map (CMap) and LiverTox platforms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The etiology and pathogenesis of cough are complex. As a Chinese patent medicine that has been on the market, ErtongKe (ETK) granules have a good effect in treating acute and chronic cough in children. The purpose of this research was to determine the bioactive components and possible action mechanisms of ETK in the treatment of cough using an integrated network pharmacology method.
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