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J Tradit Chin Med
December 2024
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
Objective: To predict the targets of Bufei Huoxue capsule (, BFHX) using network pharmacology analysis and to explore its effects and functional targets in a silicotic rat model.
Methods: The drug and disease targets were correlated through network pharmacology analysis to explore the targets and signaling pathways of BFHX affecting silicosis. NR8383 cells were cultured to verify the core genes and pathways.
Int Immunopharmacol
December 2024
College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China. Electronic address:
Silicon dioxide particles (SiO) are a widely used novel material, and SiO that enter the body can accumulate in the spleen and cause spleen injury. Quercetin (Que) has a strong antioxidant activity and can also regulate and improve immune function, but whether Que can improve SiO2-induced spleen injury and its underlying mechanism remain to be explored. Herein, we established a C57BL/6 mice model with SiO exposure (10 mg/kg) and treated with Que (25 mg/kg).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Appl Toxicol
December 2024
Department of Public Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China.
Prolonged exposure to environments with high concentrations of crystalline silica (CS) can lead to silicosis. Macrophages play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of silicosis. In the process of silicosis, silica (SiO) invades alveolar macrophages (AMs) and induces mitophagy which usually exists in three states: normal, excessive, and/or deficiency.
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October 2023
Department of Health Toxicology, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. Electronic address:
The mechanism of action of MicroRNA-30a(miR-30a) and Snail, a transcription factor, in silica(SiO2) dust-induced pulmonary EMT and secondary pulmonary fibrosis remains elusive. In this study, the cellular EMT model induced by the stimulation of A549 cells with SiO2 was established. A549 cells were transfected with miR-30a mimic and miR-30a inhibitor and the SNAIL gene was silenced to examine the mechanism of miR-30a targeting Snail to regulate silica dust-induced EMT.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCell Physiol Biochem
February 2017
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Background: Silicosis is characterized by the accumulation of fibroblasts and the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix. Fibroblast generation via endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is one process responsible for this accumulation of fibroblasts. However, the mechanisms underlying EndMT remain unknown.
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