Similar connotation in chronic hepatitis B and nonalcoholic Fatty liver patients with dampness-heat syndrome.

ABSTRACT: The phenomenon that the same syndrome turns up in different diseases appears in the sight of people around the world, which raises the thought for possibility of "Same Treatment for Different Diseases." Actually, treatment based on ZHENG classification in Traditional Chinese Medicine could bring revelation for the former finding. The dampness-heat syndrome in chronic hepatitis B and nonalcoholic fatty liver is regarded as the breakthrough point. We discussed the molecular mechanism of similar connotation that exists in chronic hepatitis B and nonalcoholic fatty liver by metabonomics to give the modern understanding of dampness-heat syndrome. Both urine and serum metabolic profiling revealed that obvious differences existed between dampness-heat syndrome and non-dampness-heat syndrome but t

SUBMITTER: Dai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3638589 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature