Acupuncture: A therapeutic approach against acne

Chun-Yan, Chen; Xu, Ming; Yan-yan, Shang; Xu, Guoqiang; Liu, Peng

doi:10.1111/jocd.14487

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“…Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) believes that damp-heat toxin are the main cause of acne. [5] TCM is able to improve the symptoms of acne by removing heat toxins and moisture. [6] As a second-line treatment drug, traditional Chinese medicine has played an important role in the treatment of acne, with the advantages of a long history, low toxicity and small side effects.…”

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Investigating the mechanism of PAD in the treatment of acne based on network pharmacology and molecular docking: A review

Yan,

Zhang,

Qiao

et al. 2024

Medicine

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Acne is a common and chronic skin condition characterized by high incidence, recurrent symptoms and difficult cure. Summarizing the clinical treatment experience, it was found that the powder for ascending and descending was effective in the treatment of acne. Our aim was to use network pharmacology and molecular docking to reveal the hub genes, biological functions, and signaling pathways of powder for ascending and descending against acne. First, the chemical components and target genes of PAD were sifted using the TCMSP and HERB database. The targets of acne were obtained simultaneously from the CTD, OMIM and GeneCards database. The obtained drug targets and disease targets were imported into the R language software to draw Venn diagrams. Then, the potential targets were imported into the String website to construct a protein interaction network diagram. And Cytoscape software was used for topological analysis to screen the core targets, and the core targets were analyzed by GO functional enrichment and KEGG pathway enrichment. Finally, molecular docking was used to verify the predictions of key genes’ reliability. The core targets of the treatment of acne were TNF, GADPH, IL-6 and so on. The results of enrichment analysis showed that the treatment of acne with PAD may be related to TNF signaling pathway and AGE-RAGE signaling pathway. The molecular docking verification showed that the components were well bound to the core targets of acne, and the docking ability of stigmasterol and TNF (−12.73 kcal/mol) was particularly outstanding.

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