Background: DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) are key epigenetic regulatory enzymes involved in the expression of many genes and are considered as an attractive target for cancer treatment, especially hematological malig...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42076141).
In this study,we investigated the effects of different concentrations of 5-azacytidine(AZA),a DNA methyltransferase in-hibitor,on the growth,antioxidant activities and germination of pellicle cysts of Scrippsiella acu...
Cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF) and mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) are involved in neuroprotection and mitigating endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the brain and peripheral ...
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 81703691,81803694);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2632020ZD07).
Renal fibrosis is an unavoidable end result of all forms of progressive chronic kidney diseases(CKD).Discovery of efficacious drugs against renal fibrosis is in crucial need.In a preliminary study we found that a deri...
The work was supported by The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2572017EA05);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870588).
DNA methylation is widespread in plants and associated with plant development and defense mechanisms.However,the relationship between DNA methylation and plant secondary metabolism has rarely been reported.Here,when b...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81670162,No.81970151,and No.81470010).
Epigenetic regulation includes changes of DNA methylation and modifications of histone proteins and is essential for normal physiologic functions,especially for controlling gene expression.Epigenetic dysregulation pla...
supported by a mobility grant from the University of A Coruña(Inditex-UDC 2017 program);This is a contribution from the Alien Species Network(Ref.ED431D 2017/20-Xunta de Galicia,Autonomous Government of Galicia);.D.M.S.M.thanks the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico/CNPq(307839/2014-1)for her Research Fellowship.
Aims Recent studies have revealed heritable phenotypic plasticity through vegetative generations.In this sense,changes in gene regulation induced by the environment,such as DNA methylation(i.e.epigenetic changes),can ...
Background Cellular cardiomyoplasty by transplantation of various cell types has been investigated as potential treatments for the improvement of cardiac function after myocardial injury. A major barrier for the clini...
supported by grants from Research Foundations for Young Scholars,Health Department of Fujian Province,China(No.2008-1-27);Research Foundations of the Health Department of the Nanjing Military Zone of the People's Liberation Army,China(No.08MA099);Nursery Scientific Research Foundation for Youth of Fujian Medical University,China(No.2010MP004)
This study aimed to induce the differentiation of isolated and purified adipose-derived stromal cells(ADSCs) into myoblasts,which may provide a new strategy for tissue engineering in patients with stress urinary incon...
The Tackle Key Problems in Science and Technology, Shanxi Province; grant number: 20080311061-2
Objective:Unlike other tissues,myocardium has not substitute whick can be used to repair damaged cardiac tissue.This paper proposes engineering 3-D myocardium-like tissue constructs in vitro with bone mesenchymal stem...