funded by the National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFF1205103 to Jian Zhang);the Key Research and Construction Programs of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region(2022BEG01002 to Jian Zhang,China);the Starry Night Science Fund of Zhejiang University Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study(SN-ZJU-SIAS-007 to Jian Zhang,China);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22237005 and 81925034 to Jian Zhang);the open fund of state key laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology,Nanjing University(KF-202201 to Jian Zhang,China);the open fund of Basic Science Research Center Base(Pharmaceutical Science Y202203 to Xiuyan Yang,China).
Colorectal cancer(CRC)is the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.At initial diagnosis,approximately 20%of patients are diagnosed with metastatic CRC(mCRC).Although the APC-Asef interaction is a well-est...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22177133,42061134020,and 32070380);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Nos.ZR2019ZD17 and ZR2021MH022);the Qingdao Municipal People’s Livelihood Science and Technology Project(No.17-3-3-76-nsh);the Graduate Innovative Engineering Funding project of UPC(No.YCX2020041).
A novel peptidomimetic-liganded gold nanocluster(CDp-AuNC)is proposed for the synergistic suppression of tumor growth.Taking advantages of the multi-capabilities offered by the surface ligands,including iron chelation...
This research was made possible as a result of the start-up funding from Hunan University,as a part of China’s Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.21877033,92163127,Y.B.,21807031,22177031,X.F.);the funding from the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(grant no.2021JJ30088,Y.B.,2020JJ4177,X.F.);the Open Funding Project of the State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering(Hubei University,SKLBEE2019003,X.F.).
We made oligoamidine-based peptidomimetics highly specific for mycobacteria eradication by introducing and arraying lipophilic DNA binding motifs on macromolecular backbones.The short poly(amidino-phenylindole)(PAPI)s...
supported by University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India and Bharati Reddi by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India for their research fellowships;CSIR-IICT manuscript number is IICT/Pubs./2018/299;Anthony Addlagatta thanks Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi, India for research grants (Nos. EMR/2015/000461 and CRG/2019/006013);Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR2018QH007, China);Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province (No. 2017CXGC1401, China);Young Scholars Program of Shandong University (No. YSPSDU, 2016WLJH33, China) for research fellowships;Renu Sudhakar is the recipient of the fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology (India);Puran Singh Sijwali lab is supported with funds from the Department of Biotechnology, India (Nos. SR/SO/BB/-0124/2012 and BT/COE/34/SP15138/2015);the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India
Plasmodium parasites causing malaria have developed resistance to most of the antimalarials in use,in-cluding the artemisinin-based combinations,which are the last line of defense against malaria.This ne-cessitates th...
supported by USF start-up fund(Jianfeng Cai);supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Qi Li,81520108031,81573764,81774095);a Municipal Human Resources Development Program for Outstanding Leaders in Medical Disciplines in Shanghai(Qi Li,2017BR031,China);Three-years Plan for the Development of T.C.M(ZY(2018e2020)-CCCX-2003-03,China)
Inhibition of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 mediated cell signaling pathway is an important therapeutic strategy for HER2-positive cancers.Although monoclonal antibodies are currently used as marketed drugs...
financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81803467 and 81773660);the Research and Development Plan for Key Areas in Guangdong Province(Nos.2019B020204002 and 2018B030332001,China)
Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics(MDPs)are antimicrobials or anticarcinogens that present a general killing mechanism through the physical disruption of cell membranes,in contrast to conventional chemothera...
supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants under Award Number R01 AR066044 to MAC;R01 AR063631 and AR071614 to J.P.S.
L-plastin(LPL)was identified as a potential regulator of the actin-bundling process involved in forming nascent sealing zones(NSZs),which are precursor zones for mature sealing zones.TAT-fused cell-penetrating small m...
A novel series of pyrrolidinone analogs that are designed as Michael addition acceptors to react irreversibly with the proteasome active site Thr1O~γhave been synthesized.Although biological evaluation results show t...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30772650 and 20772008).
A series of β-secretase peptidomimetic inhibitors with Leu*Ala hydroxyethylene dipeptide isostere were synthesized and their β-secretase inhibitory activities were measured. The most potent compound N9 showed an in...
Caspases, a family of cysteine proteases, comprise of highly homologous enzymes that play an important role in apoptotic cell death. Caspase-3 shows key functions in apoptosis, mediating apoptotic cascade from the int...