B.K's laboratory was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC Australia;Investigator grant 2025931);the Australian Research Council(ARC;Discovery Project DP220102832).
Plants defend themselves against pathogens by activating two interconnected layers of immunity:pattern-and effector-triggered immunity.Recent studies shed light on a number of unanswered questions in these pathways an...
The catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to fuels and valueadded chemicals under mild conditions is recognized as a promising strategy to alleviate the energy crisis.In the Calvin cycle of natural photosynthesis,CO_(...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFC3401500 and 2020YFA0803201 to P.W.,and 2021YFA1302200 to L.F.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31830053,31920103007,and 82341028 to P.W.;82122056,82073153,and 31871398 to L.F.and 31900568 to P.W.);the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(Grant No.22ZR1450700 to Z.J.W.)。
The intricate interplay between the human immune system and cancer development underscores the central role of immunotherapy in cancer treatment.Within this landscape,the innate immune system,a critical sentinel prote...
the National Key R&D Program of China(grant nos.2019YFA0904200 and 2018YFA0507600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.22237003 and 92053108);the Tsinghua University Spring Breeze Fund(grant no.2020Z99CFY042).
Cyclic dinucleotides(CDNs)are natural agonists of the stimulator of interferon genes(STING),which is an attractive immunotherapy target.Currently,CDNs and their derivatives are being investigated clinically.However,th...
Researchers from the CAS Institute of Biophysics(IOB)have discovered that the transport protein SLC19A1,traditionally known for transporting B9 vitamins and antifolate drugs,is also a transporter of cyclic dinucleotid...
supported by research grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 52033006,51861145310,51773146 and 51633005)and the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFB3800900).
Cyclic dinucleotides(CDNs)as stimulator of interferon genes(STING)agonists capable of inducing strong antitumor innate immune response are highly promising for tumor immunotherapy.The efficacy of these CDNs is,however...
financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China Stem Cell and Translational Research (2019YFA0110700);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT16R32);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA16030501, XDA16030503);Key Research & Development Program of Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health Guangdong Laboratory (2018GZR110104004)
Cytidine base editor(CBE),which is composed of a cytidine deaminase fused to Cas9 nickase,has been widely used to induce C-to-T conversions in a wide range of organisms.However,the targeting scope of current CBEs is l...
supported by the Medical Innovation Project of Fujian Province(No.2019-CX-14);the Joint Funds for the Innovation of Science and Technology,Fujian province(No.2019Y9083);the Fujian Medical University Cancer Center and the Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of Fujian,China(No.Min Wei Ke Jiao 2012 No.149)。
The superfamily of aldo-keto reductases(AKRs)is composed of over 190 members and can be classified into 16 different families(visit www.med.upenn.edu/akr).AKR1C3(C3 subtype of aldosterone reductase family 1)refers to ...
supported by the National Natural Science Funds of China(21776213 and 21621004);the Natural Science Fund of Tianjin(19JCYBJC19700);the Open Funding Project of the State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering(2020KF-06);the Open Funding Project of the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering(SKL-ChE19B01);the Tianjin Synthetic Biotechnology Innovation Capacity Improvement Project(TSBICIP-KJGG-003);the Royal Society International Collaboration Award(ICA\R1\180317)for the financial support.
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31670777);the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (Grant No. 31722030);the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology to X.T.;the Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences (Grant No. 61020100119);the National Thousand Young Talents Program of China (Grant No. 042021011) to X.L.
Noncoding RNAs(ncRNAs) play important roles in many biological processes and provide materials for evolutionary adaptations beyond protein-coding genes, such as in the arms race between the host and pathogen. However,...