LI Jian, GUO Hong-tao, NIU Xu-yan, et al. The Novel Paradigm of Network Pharmacology to Explore the Principle of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2012, 18(6): 267-270.
LI Jian, GUO Hong-tao, NIU Xu-yan, et al. The Novel Paradigm of Network Pharmacology to Explore the Principle of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2012, 18(6): 267-270.DOI:
as the basic therapeutic form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice
is used under the guidance of syndrome (also called pattern or Zheng) differentiation based on TCM holistic view. Understanding the principle of herbal formulae is not only one of great dilemmas in current studies but also one of highlight on TCM. Based on previous omics methods and in silicon techniques
network pharmacology was used to explore TCM pharmacology
compounds combination
herbal property and efficacy
and so on. In present review
we outlined some proper strategies to construct TCM cold or hot syndrome related rheumatoid arthritis disease network
to set herbal formulae related biological targets network
to verify the TCM syndrome based rheumatoid arthritis disease network
and further to clarify the basis of material and the principle of herbal formulae. Hopefully
the novel paradigm and applications in the review could provide reference for the coming TCM network pharmacology.