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Bufalin: A Systematic Review of Research Hotspots and Antitumor Mechanisms by Text Mining and Bioinformatics

Lymphoma and Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Xiaoxuan Zhao

Department of Dermatology, Dalian Dermatology Hospital, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Kaili Liu

Lymphoma and Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Yuxuan Che

Lymphoma and Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Xun Qiu

Lymphoma and Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Yanjun Qu

Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Xiuhua Sun

Lymphoma and Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

E-mail Address: 3038668@vip.sina.com

Correspondence to: Prof. Xiuhua Sun, Lymphoma and Myeloma Diagnosis and Treatment Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, No. 467 Zhongshan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian City, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China. Tel: (+411) 84671291-6162, Fax: (+411) 84671291.

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Jincheng Song

Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China

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Correspondence to: Prof. Jincheng Song, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, No. 467 Zhongshan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian City, Liaoning 116023, P. R. China. Tel: (+411) 84671291-6132, Fax: (+411) 84671291.

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X20500810Cited by:9 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Bufalin is an anticancer drug extract from traditional Chinese medicine. Several articles about bufalin have been published. However, the literature on bufalin has not yet been systematically studied. This study aimed to identify the study status and knowledge structures of bufalin and to summarize the antitumor mechanism. Data were retrieved and downloaded from the PubMed database. The softwares of BICOMB, gCLUTO, Ucinet 6.0, and NetDraw2.084 were used to analyze these publications. The bufalin related genes were recognized and tagged by ABNER software. Then these BF-related genes were performed by Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways analysis, and protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis. A total of 474 papers met the search criteria from 2000 to 2019. By biclustering clustering analysis, the 50 high-frequency main MeSH terms/subheadings were classified into 5 clusters. The clusters of drug therapy and the mechanism of bufalin were hotspot topics. A total of 50 genes were identified as BF-related genes. PPI network analysis showed that inducing apoptosis was the main effect of bufalin, and apoptosis-related gene Caspase 3 was the most reported by people. Bufalin could inhibit the proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of cancer cells through multiple signaling pathways, such as PI3K/AKT, Hedgehog, MAPK/JNK, Wnt/ $β$ -catenin, TGF- $β$ /Smad, Integrin signaling pathway, and NF-KB signaling pathway via KEGG analysis. Through the quantitative analysis of bufalin literature, we revealed the research status and hot spots in this field and provided some guidance for further research.

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