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Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) contains rich information and functions. The research on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) targeting lncRNA mainly involves tumors, cardiovascular diseases, endocrine and metabolic related diseases, osteoporosis and other diseases, which are used to explore the mechanism of TCM and the differetiation of TCM syndromes or constitution, etc. LncRNA has important application prospects in the field of TCM. The study of lncRNA may provide new ways and technical methods for the research of modern TCM.
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Objective To explore the distribution of sex, month of onset and type of infection virus in children with hand, foot and mouth disease of different TCM syndromes in Heilongjiang province. Methods A total of 2 688 hospitalized children who met the admission criteria in the Infectious Disease Department of Harbin Infectious Disease Hospital from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2016 were selected. The TCM syndrome differentiation according to the clinical manifestations of children on the day of admission. The distribution of sex, month of onset and type of infection virus in children with different syndrome types were analyzed by SPSS 19.0 software. Results Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) was more common in males than females in Heilongjiang, with a ratio of 1.58:1. Children of all sexes with hand, foot and mouth disease in Heilongjiang were predominantly with lung-defense syndrome. The incidence of lung-defense syndrome, lung-stomach heat syndrome, damp-heat syndrome and heart-spleen heat syndrome were the majority among the children aged 1-4 years, and the lung-defense syndrome was the highest proportion. From July to September, most of the cases occurred, especially in the case of lung-defense syndrome. Pathogenic tests showed that 1 456 cases were enterovirus universal RNA positive, 203 cases were enterovirus 71 positive and 108 cases were coxsackievirus A16 positive. The most common pathogens of the three pathogens were pathogenic lung-defense syndrome. Conclusions herewere some differences in age, time and virus infection among 2 688 children with hand, foot and mouth disease of different TCM syndromes in Heilongjiang, which may be related to region and climate.
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Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),a comprehensive medicinal system,is characterized by holistic theory that emphasizes the regulation of the integrity of the human body and the interactions between human individuals and their environments. The diagnostic and therapeutic methods of TCM are based on the differentiation of syndrome(Zheng in Chinese)and the use of herbal formula(Fang-Ji in Chinese). There is an urgent need to develop scientific research methods in accordance with the above characteristics for TCM modernization. In the era of big data and with the rapid progress in systems biology,polypharmacology and bioinformatics,network pharmacology has emerged as a promising drug discovery approach that takes the same view as the theory of TCM. This methodology has explored correlations between drugs and complex diseases from the perspective of the holistic theory and has highlighted the paradigm shift from″one drug,one target″to″network target″. Thus,it is an original idea to combine network pharmacology with the modern research of TCM. This paper briefly analyzed and discussed the progress and major scientific challenges in network pharmacology applied to TCM diagnosis and treatment. To promote the development of TCM network pharmacology , several suggestions were also raised.
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【Objective】To explore a method for the establishment of animal model of coronary heart disease(CHD) with the blending of phlegm and blood stasis.【Methods】Methods of TCM-WM combination(traditional Chinese medicine integrated with western medicine) and disease-syndrome combination were used to establish a model.The model was evaluated by the changes of symptoms,signs and laboratory indexes and by the effect of blood-stasis-removing and phlegm-resolving herbs on the model.Sixty Wistar rats were randomized into normal group,model group,low-dose herbal medicine group and high-dose herbal medicine group.The normal group was fed with routine forage and normal saline,and the other three groups with high-fat forage and fat milk(10mL?kg~(-1)?d~(-1)).Low-and high-dose herbal medicine groups were given Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction combined with Gualou Xiebai Banxia Decoction in the dosages of 12 and 24 10g?kg~(-1)?d~(-1)respectively by gastric gavage,and the model group given the same volume of normal saline for 7 consecutive weeks.Coronary artery ligation was performed in the 35~(th) day.The changes of electrocardiogram(ECG) were observed before and after the modeling,and blood lipid,myocardial enzymes and hemorrheological parameters were determined.The heart weight was examined to calculate heart index.【Results】ECG in the model group indicated severe myocardial ischemia,which may be relieved by herbal medicine.Serum contents of cholesteril,tryglyceride and creatine kinase(CK),whole blood viscosity,hematocrit and heart index were obviously increased in the model group,while the above indexes decreased to different degrees in herbal medicine groups (P