title: Application of proteomics in the mechanistic study of traditional Chinese medicine.
abstract: Systems biology is considered to be the possible technology that could bring breakthroughs in the study of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine). Proteomics, as one of the major components of systems biology, has been used in the mechanistic study of TCM, providing some interesting results. In the present paper, we review the current application of proteomics in the mechanistic study of TCM. Proteomics technologies and strategies that might be used in the future to improve study of TCM are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: De-An
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D039781:PubMed; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends