Systematic investigation of for treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy disease based on network Pharmacology.

Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a debilitating complication of diabetes mellitus with limited available treatment options. , a traditional Chinese herb, has shown promise in treating DPN, but its therapeutic mech-anisms have not been systematically investigated.

Aim: (Danshen in pinin), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is widely used to treat DPN in China. However, the mechanism through which treats DPN remains unclear. Therefore, we aimed to explore the mechanism of action of against DPN using network pharmacology.

Methods: The active ingredients and target genes of were screened using the TCM pharmacology database and analysis platform. The genes associated with DPN were obtained from the Gene Cards and OMIM databases, a drug-com-position-target-disease network was constructed, and a protein-protein inter-action network was subsequently constructed to screen the main targets. Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation and pathway enrichment analysis were performed the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) using Bioconductor.

Results: A total of 56 effective components, 108 targets and 4581 DPN-related target genes of were screened. Intervention with for DPN mainly involved 81 target genes. The top 30 major targets were selected for enrichment analysis of GO and KEGG pathways.

Conclusion: These results suggested that could treat DPN by regulating the AGE-RAGE signaling pathway and the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway. Therefore, Danshen may affect DPN by regulating inflammation and apoptosis.