Review on the systems biology research of Yin-deficiency-heat syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine

• Published in: Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) Vol. 306; no. 12; pp. 2939 - 2944
• Main Authors: Jiang, Ting-Ting, Li, Ji-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Biological research; Biology; Chinese medicine; Metabolomics; Olfaction; Proteomics; Traditional Chinese medicine; Transcriptomics; systems biology; Yin-deficiency-heat syndrome; TCM syndrome
• ISSN: 1932-8486; 1932-8494
• DOI: 10.1002/ar.24354

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a systematic medical method that has existed for more than 3,000 years. Unlike Western medicine, the disease diagnosis in TCM is carried out by inspection, auscultation, olfaction, interrogation, and palpation. The patient is then treated according to the disease and corresponding TCM syndrome. However, the development of Chinese medicine is stagnated, partially because it can be influenced by subjective factors, such as the experience and knowledge of TCM practitioners, and there is a lack of relevant biological research on TCM syndromes. Yin-deficiency-heat (YDH) syndrome in TCM is characterized by a series of pathological changes caused by the insufficiency of Yin-fluid, inability to moisturize, and the failure to suppress Yang. In recent years, systems biology research on TCM syndromes has gradually become the focus of TCM research, including syndrome differentiation and functional research using systems biology methodologies such as proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics. This journal aims to publish a series of issues on the systems biology research of TCM syndromes that can provide biological indicators for the syndrome differentiation of YDH syndrome and can provide perspectives on the biological research of YDH syndrome.