ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 13 May 2020 doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00652 Network Pharmacology-Based Approach Uncovers the Mechanism of GuanXinNing Tablet for Treating Thrombus by MAPKs Signal Pathway † † Mu-Lan Wang 1,2 , Qin-Qin Yang 1,3 , Xu-Hui Ying 2, Yuan-Yuan Li 1, Yang-Sheng Wu 1, Qi-Yang Shou 1, Quan-Xin Ma 1, Zi-Wei Zhu 2 and Min-Li Chen 1* 1 Academy of Chinese Medicine & Institute of Comparative Medicine, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China, 2 The Department of Medicine, Chiatai Qingchunbao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, China, 3 Department of Experimental Animals, Zhejiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, China Edited by: Background: GuanXinNing tablet (GXNT), a traditional Chinese patent medicine, has Jianxun Liu, been found to have remarkable antithrombotic effects and can effectively inhibit pro- China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China thrombotic factors in previous studies. However, the mechanism of its antithrombotic Reviewed by: effects remains little known. Songxiao Xu, fi fi Artron BioResearch Inc., Canada Methods: In this study, we rst determined and identi ed the sources of each main Yi Ding, compound in GXNT using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Through Fourth Military Medical the approach of network pharmacology, we predicted the action targets of the active University, China Yunyao Jiang, components, mapped the target genes related to thrombus, and obtained potential Tsinghua University, China antithrombotic targets for active ingredients. We then performed gene ontology (GO) *Correspondence: enrichment analyses and KEGG signaling pathway analyses for the action targets, and Min-Li Chen – – –
[email protected] constructed networks of active component target and active component target †These authors have contributed pathway for GXNT.