title: [Progress in research on mechanisms of anti-rheumatoid arthritis of triptolide].
abstract: Extracts of Tripterygium wilfordii are effective in traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Triptolide, a diterpenoid triepoxide purified from TWHF, has been identified as the major component of TWHF and might account for its therapeutic effects. To make for the clinical reasonable application and further development of triptolide, in this review was introduced the recent ten-years progress in mechanisms of anti-RA of it, including immunosuppression, anti-inflammation, inducing cell apoptosis, inhibiting vascular proliferation, protecting article cartilage and gene regulation. Triptolide is a potent immunosuppressant.
authors.affiliation: (Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Chun-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D029757:Tripterygium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004224:Diterpenes; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C001899:triptolide; D015232:Dinoprostone