supported by projects 82173741 and 82304309 of the National Natural Science Foundation of China;BK20230103 and BK20231014 of the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province;Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2021QNRC001,China);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M723512);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2632023GR13,China);Jiangsu Funding Program for Excellent Postdoctoral Talent(2023ZB429,China).
Peptides are native binders involved in numerous physiological life procedures,such as cellular signaling,and serve as ready-made regulators of biochemical processes.Meanwhile,small molecules compose many drugs owing ...
support from the University Nursing Program for Young Scholars with Creative Talents in Heilongjiang Province(No.UNPYSCT-2017124)。
We report the unprecedent Pd(I)catalyzed ring-opening arylation of cyclopropyl-α-aminoamides.This protocol allows facile access to biologically important α-ketoamide-containing oligopeptides and even more challengin...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930015,32200397);Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2018YFA0801403);Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB31000000,KFJ-BRP-008-003);Yunnan Province Grant(202003AD150008,202002AA100007);Kunming Science and Technology Bureau(2023SCP001);New Cornerstone Investigator Program。
The recalcitrance of pathogens to traditional antibiotics has made treating and eradicating bacterial infections more difficult.In this regard,developing new antimicrobial agents to combat antibiotic-resistant strains...
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...
supported by NSF of China(Grant 21922703 and 91953112 to H.W.);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant BK20190004 and BK20202004);National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFA0905800).
Nitroanilines are important building blocks in pharmaceuticals,materials and dyes.Nitration methods for anilines under mild conditions are highly desired.Herein,we report a photochemical method for the nitration of an...
supported by NIH R01AI152416(to Jianfeng Cai,USA);NIH R01 AG056569(to Jianfeng Cai,USA)。
Peptides are increasingly important resources for biological and therapeutic development,however,their intrinsic susceptibility to proteolytic degradation represents a big hurdle.As a natural agonist for GLP-1R,glucag...
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...
Since insulin,a natural peptide composed of 51 amino acids,was first isolated and commercialized in the 1920s,peptide drugs have greatly reshaped our modern drug discovery area^(1).To date,the total number of approved...
Prof.Jianfeng Cai obtained B.S.and M.S.in chemistry from the Nanjing University in 1997 and 2000,respectively.He received his Ph.D.in bioorganic chemistry from the University of Washington in St.Louis(USA) in2006.Befo...
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...