Exploration of the System-Level Mechanisms of the Herbal Drug FDY003 for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: A Network Pharmacological Investigation.

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the most lethal cancer with the lowest survival rate globally. Although the prescription of herbal drugs against PC is gaining increasing attention, their polypharmacological therapeutic mechanisms are yet to be fully understood. Based on network pharmacology, we explored the anti-PC properties and system-level mechanisms of the herbal drug FDY003.

Uncovering the Anti-Lung-Cancer Mechanisms of the Herbal Drug FDY2004 by Network Pharmacology.

With growing evidence on the therapeutic efficacy and safety of herbal drugs, there has been a substantial increase in their application in the lung cancer treatment. Meanwhile, their action mechanisms at the system level have not been comprehensively uncovered. To this end, we employed a network pharmacology methodology to elucidate the systematic action mechanisms of FDY2004, an anticancer herbal drug composed of Moutan Radicis Cortex, Persicae Semen, and Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, in lung cancer treatment.

An Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Analgesic Effect of Jakyak-Gamcho Decoction: A Network Pharmacology Study.

Herbal drugs have drawn substantial interest as effective analgesic agents; however, their therapeutic mechanisms remain to be fully understood. To address this question, we performed a network pharmacology study to explore the system-level mechanisms that underlie the analgesic activity of Jakyak-Gamcho decoction (JGd; Shaoyao-Gancao-Tang in Chinese and Shakuyaku-Kanzo-To in Japanese), an herbal prescription consisting of Pallas and Fischer. Based on comprehensive information regarding the pharmacological and chemical properties of the herbal constituents of JGd, we identified 57 active chemical compounds and their 70 pain-associated targets.

A novel method for patterning of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) films using UV exposure-activated self-assembled monolayers.

We have investigated a novel method for patterning of (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) PEDOT, which has involved a selective polymerization of PEDOT on an UV-activated Self-Assembled-Monolayer surface. OTS coated surface has been activated by UV exposure, and the UV-exposed area served as adsorption sites for FeCl3 oxidants, providing a selective deposition of PEDOT films on FeCl3 adsorbed area, and thus leading to the selective patterning of PEDOT films. UV irradiation time and mask pattern dimension are main contributors to patternability: UV irradiation through Cr-mask (3 microm design) lead to approximately 3-5 microm patterns of PEDOT films, depending on the UV exposure time.

Controllable feature sizes of highly conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanofilms patterned on SiO2 surface.

In this paper, we report a novel patterning method for a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanofilm deposited on an OTS monolayer-coated silicon wafer substrate by the vapor phase polymerization method. To scrutinize the adhesion improvement, electrical conductivity and feature controllability, patterned PEDOT nanofilms were investigated with a Scotch tape peel test, I-V curve measurement, and optical and atomic force microscopes. The scrutinization strongly indicates that the adhesion improvement is most likely due to direct chemical bonds formed between ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) molecules and photo-oxidized OTS monolayer during a vapor phase polymerization reaction.