Target identification of hepatic fibrosis therapy using Pien Tze Huang based on mRNA and lncRNA

Pien Tze Huang (PZH) is a traditional Chinese medicine which was widely utilized in Asia for hepatic diseases. We construct two groups hepatic fibrosis mice model using CCl4, one group using PZH treatment and another group didn't treatment. We found that the liver functional indices including ALB, ALT and AST were significantly increased in non-PZH treatment group. HE staining showed that inflammation was emerged surrounding the hepatic vein in the non-PZH treatment group, Masson staining revealed that there are blue collagenous fibre surrounding hepatic vein in the non-PZH treatment group, this result indicated that PZH cured the hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. We performed the mRNA and LncRNA sequencing aim to explore the drug target using PZH treatment on transcriptome level. 905 protein coding transcripts and 23 lncRNA transcripts were differentially expressed. Our research provided potential transcriptional therapeutic target for the clinical treatment using PZH. Overall design: We construct two groups hepatic fibrosis mice model using CCl4, one group using PZH treatment and another group didn't treatment.