What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Review. Population: Heart Failure. Intervention: Traditional Chinese Medicine.

What does this research mean for the field?

Transcriptomics reveals that traditional Chinese medicine formulations exert therapeutic effects in heart failure by concurrently modulating multi-target gene networks involved in myocardial remodeling, energy metabolism, and inflammatory responses. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

Synthesize transcriptomic research on Traditional Chinese Medicine interventions for heart failure and evaluate how high-throughput sequencing elucidates their multi-target molecular mechanisms.

September 18, 2026Drug Design Development and TherapyOpen Access

From Single Genes to Systemic Networks: Transcriptomic Insights into Traditional Chinese Medicine for Heart Failure

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Key result

Traditional Chinese medicine modulates key heart failure pathways including remodeling, energy metabolism, and inflammation.

Population

Preclinical models (mice and rats) of heart failure (HFrEF and HFpEF) and myocardial injury.

Comparison

Traditional Chinese Medicine compound… vs Sham or untreated heart failure models.

Design

Review

Authors

YLYuan-Yuan LiGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine SSSun Shi-hanSouthwest Medical University YJYi JiangThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Implication

Transcriptomics extends mechanistic insights into TCM for heart failure; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Key Points

Synthesize transcriptomic research on Traditional Chinese Medicine interventions for heart failure and evaluate how high-throughput sequencing elucidates their multi-target molecular mechanisms.
Conducted a narrative review synthesizing preclinical and clinical evidence on traditional Chinese medicine natural compounds, herbal constituents, and compound formulas for heart failure.
Evaluated high-throughput sequencing technologies, including single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), spatial transcriptomics, and third-generation platforms (PacBio and Nanopore).
Characterized molecular pathways across heart failure subtypes, including heart failure with preserved (HFpEF), mildly reduced (HFmrEF), and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
Traditional Chinese medicine formulations modulate differentially expressed genes across interconnected regulatory networks, counteracting pathological myocardial remodeling, energy metabolism dysregulation, and systemic inflammation.
Advanced technologies including scRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics map cell-specific and spatially resolved multi-target interactions, elucidating core therapeutic pathways in cardiac dysfunction.

Structured PICO

Population

Preclinical models (mice and rats) of heart failure (HFrEF and HFpEF) and myocardial injury.

Intervention

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) compound formulations and natural compounds.

Comparator

Sham or untreated heart failure models.

Outcome

Modulation of differentially expressed genes, signaling pathways, and cellular processes.surrogate

This narrative review highlights the potential of transcriptomics to elucidate the multi-target mechanisms of Traditional Chinese Medicine in treating heart failure.

Limitations

Inherent complexity of traditional Chinese medicine compositions
Multi-target mechanisms of action complicate molecular interpretation
Lack of clarity regarding molecular underpinnings hinders broader acceptance in contemporary medicine

Cite This Study

Li et al. (2026) conducted a review in Heart Failure. Traditional Chinese Medicine was evaluated. Transcriptomic studies demonstrate that traditional Chinese medicine formulations modulate key pathological pathways in heart failure, including myocardial remodeling, energy metabolism, and inflammatory responses.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aacf5ed0c46fbdff987dd4f https://doi.org/10.2147/dddt.s608434

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment

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