Bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae (BFC) is one of the most used Chinese medicines for lung disease, and exerts antitussive, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, anti-asthmatic, and antioxidant effects, which is an ideal therapeutic drug for respiratory diseases such as ARDS, COPD, asthma, lung cancer, and pulmonary tuberculosis. Through this review, it is found that the therapeutic mechanism of BFC on respiratory diseases exhibits the characteristics of multi-components, multi-targets, and multi-signaling pathways. In particular, the therapeutic potential of BFC in terms of intervention of “cytokine storm”, STAT, NF-κB, and MAPK signaling pathways, as well as the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) that ACE is involved in. In the “cytokine storm” of SARS-CoV-2 infection there is an intense inflammatory response. ACE2 regulates the RAS by degradation of Ang II produced by ACE, which is associated with SARS-CoV-2. For COVID-19, may it be a potential drug? This review summarized the research progress of BFC in the respiratory diseases, discussed the development potentiality of BFC for the treatment of COVID-19, explained the chemical diversity and biological significance of the alkaloids in BFC, and clarified the material basis, molecular targets, and signaling pathways of BFC for the respiratory diseases. We hope this review can provide insights on the drug discovery of anti-COVID-19.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, respiratory diseases, targets, alkaloids, signaling pathways, bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, SARS-CoV-2, Asthma, ACE2, ARDS, Drug discovery, Anti-inflammatory, SARS-COV-2 infection, Lung disease, Intervention, lung cancer, RAS, COPD, renin-angiotensin system, Medicine, Characteristics, Respiratory disease, therapeutic, Research, Ang II, signaling pathway, molecular, Degradation, mechanism, NF-κB, Inflammatory response, STAT, ACE, regulate, Pathways, pulmonary tuberculosis, antioxidant effects, therapeutic potential, Chinese, MAPK signaling, biological significance, produced, involved, explained, exhibit, “cytokine storm”, therapeutic drug, 【제목키워드】 drug, respiratory, Potential,