Qiqi Fan

Dr. Qiqi Fan

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Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2021 in Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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Journal Article
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JJJia Jia
Jia Jia
XLXiang Li
Xiang Li
XRXueyang Ren
Xueyang Ren
XLXiaoyun Liu
Xiaoyun Liu
YWYu Wang
Yu Wang
GSGaimei She
Gaimei She


1 August 2021 in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
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Journal Article
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XRXueyang Ren
Xueyang Ren
THTing He
Ting He
JWJingjuan Wang
Jingjuan Wang
LWLe Wang
Le Wang
YWYu Wang
Yu Wang
GSGaimei She
Gaimei She

25 September 2023 in Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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Journal Article
Open access
SLShan Lu
Shan Lu
JHJiaqi Huang
Jiaqi Huang
JZJingyuan Zhang
Jingyuan Zhang
CWChao Wu
Chao Wu
ZHZhihong Huang
Zhihong Huang
JWJiarui Wu
Jiarui Wu
Aidi injection (ADI) is a popular anti-tumor Chinese patent medicine, widely used in clinics for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with remarkable therapeutic effects through multiple targets and pathways. However, the scientific evidence of the synergistic role of the complex chemical component system and the potential mechanism for treating diseases are ignored and remain to be elucidated. This study aimed to elucidate and verify the cooperative association between the potential active ingredient of ADI, which is of significance to enlarge our understanding of its anti-HCC molecular mechanisms. Firstly, the anti-HCC effect of ADI was evaluated in various HCC cells and the zebrafish xenograft model. Subsequently, a variety of bioinformatic technologies, including network pharmacology, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), meta-analysis of gene expression profiles, and pathway enrichment analysis were performed to construct the competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network of ADI intervention in HCC and to establish the relationship between the critical targets/pathways and the key corresponding components, which were involved in ADI against HCC in a synergistic way and were validated by molecular biology experiments. ADI exerted remarkable anti-HCC in vitro cells and in vivo zebrafish model, especially that the Hep 3B2.1-7 cell showed substantial sensibility to ADI. The ceRNA network revealed that the EGFR/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway was identified as the promising pathway. Furthermore, the meta-analysis also demonstrated the critical role of BIRC5 and FEN1 as key targets. Finally, the synergistic effect of ADI was revealed by discovering the inhibitory effect of cantharidin on BIRC5, formononetin on FEN1 and EGFR, as well as isofraxidin on EGFR. Our study unveiled that the incredible protective effect of ADI on HCC resulted from the synergistic inhibition effect of cantharidin, formononetin, and isofraxidin on multiple targets/pathways, including BIRC5, FEN1, and EGFR/PI3K/AKT, respectively, providing a scientific interpretation of ADI against HCC and a typical example of pharmacodynamic evaluation of other proprietary Chinese patent medicine.