Targeting NF-kappa B pathway for treating ulcerative colitis: comprehensive regulatory characteristics of Chinese medicines
Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) is a kind of multi-functional nuclear transcription factor involved in regulating gene transcription to influence pathological evolution of inflammatory and immune diseases. Numerous literature evidence that NF-kappa B pathway plays an essential role in pathogenic...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Chinese medicine 2020-02, Vol.15 (1), p.15-15, Article 15 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) is a kind of multi-functional nuclear transcription factor involved in regulating gene transcription to influence pathological evolution of inflammatory and immune diseases. Numerous literature evidence that NF-kappa B pathway plays an essential role in pathogenic development of ulcerative colitis (UC). UC is a chronic non-specific inflammatory bowel disease, and until now, therapeutic agents for UC including aminosalicylates, corticosteroids and immune inhibitors still cannot exert satisfied effects on patients. In recent years, Chinese medicines suggest the advantages of alleviating symptoms and signs, decreasing side-effects and recurrence, whose one of mechanisms is related to regulation of NF-kappa B pathway. In this review, we categorize Chinese medicines according to their traditional therapeutic functions, and summarize the characteristics of Chinese medicines targeting NF-kappa B pathway in UC treatment. It indicates that 85 kinds of Chinese medicines' compounds and formulae can directly act on NF-kappa Bp65; while 58 Chinese medicines' ingredients and formulae indirectly suppress NF-kappa Bp65 by regulation of its upstream or other related pathways. Moreover, by the analysis of Chinese medicines' category based on their traditional functions, we conclude the category of dampness-drying and detoxificating medicine targeting NF-kappa B pathway accounts for primary status for amelioration of UC. Simultaneously, this review also contributes to the choices of Chinese medicine category and provides curative potential of Chinese medicines for clinical UC treatment. |
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ISSN: | 1749-8546 1749-8546 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s13020-020-0296-z |