Mechanism of Radix Bupleuri and Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim drug pairs on liver fibrosis based on network pharmacology, bioinformatics and molecular dynamics simulation.

ABSTRACT: A number of studies demonstrate the therapeutic effectiveness of Radix Bupleuri (RB) and Hedysarum Multijugum Maxim (HMM) in treating liver fibrosis, but the exact molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This study aims to explore the mechanism of RB-HMM drug pairs in treating liver fibrosis by using network pharmacology, bioinformatics, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation technology and in vitro experiments. Totally, 155 intersection targets between RB-HMM and liver fibrosis were identified. In the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network, the top 10 hub targets with the highest node connection values were TNF, IL-6, AKT1, EGFR, HIF1A, PPARG, CASP3, SRC, MMP9 and HSP90AA1. GO functional and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis involved 335 biological processes, 39 cellular componen

SUBMITTER: Yu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11771889 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature