一项综合性脂组学和转录学研究显示,巴瓦辛和伊卡林协同诱导特异性肝损伤

Yingying Li1,2, Bo Cao1, Mengmeng Lin1

  • 1National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

概括

传统中医药 (TCM) 的成分巴瓦和伊卡林,当与TNF-α相结合时,可以导致肝损伤. 这项研究揭示了改变的脂质代谢和基因表达途径,有助于在特异性药物诱导性肝损伤 (IDILI) 中产生这种协同效应.

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