Affiliation:
1. Pharmaceutical Informatics Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Abstract
The systemic effects of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) seem to be a Gordian knot, impossible to untie for decades. With the advent of transcriptomics, a useful sword is provided to cut the knot and shed some light on complex bioprocesses and intrinsic connections among them. Here, we revisit studies on TCM ZHENGs using this approach, highlight its applications on elucidating the potential scientific basis of ZHENG and investigating mechanisms of action for the TCM formula, and demonstrating its unique role in novel TCM drug design and discovery through active ingredient detection from TCM and compatibility theory study of TCM. The limitations and future perspectives of transcriptomics approaches to TCM study are also discussed.
Subject
Biochemistry, medical,Clinical Biochemistry,Drug Discovery
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