[Advances in the study on effect of traditional Chinese medicine on gene expression].
OBJECTIVE
To review the progresses in the study on the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on gene expression.


METHODS
Consulting more than 20 domestic relevant documents of recent years and summarizing several representative kinds of TCM.


CONCLUSIONS
The curative effect of TCM has something to do with its bioactive composition that promotes the regulation of gene expression; and the continued study on this mechanism of regulation may contribute to the modernization of TCM theory.
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Institute of Radiation Medicine, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
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D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007378:Interleukins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009857:Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007378:Interleukins; D012333:RNA, Messenger