supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos. 32260196 (to JY), 81860646 (to ZY) and 31860274 (to JY);a grant from Yunnan Department of Science and Technology,Nos. 202101AT070251 (to JY), 202201AS070084 (to ZY), 202301AY070001-239 (to JY), 202101AZ070001-012, and 2019FI016 (to ZY)。
Studies have shown that chitosan protects against neurodegenerative diseases. However, the precise mechanism remains poorly understood. In this study, we administered chitosan intragastrically to an MPTP-induced mouse...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81790631,81874142,and 82073041);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC2000500,2021YFA1301104,and 2021YFC2301804);the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2019-I2M-5-045,China);the Research Project of Jinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory(JNL-2022001A,China);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M743125).
Emerging evidences have indicated the role of ferroptosis in the progression of metabolicassociated fatty liver disease(MAFLD);thus,inhibiting ferroptosis is a promising strategy for the development of MAFLD therapeut...
Supported by the National Institutes of Health Grants,No.K99HL146954 and No.R00HL146954;the College of Pharmacy Seed Research Grant Program of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
The prevalence of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease(MASLD)has increased significantly in recent decades and is projected to increase further due to the rising obesity rates.MASLD patients are at...
In this letter,we comment on a recent publication by Mei et al,in the World Journal of Hepatology,investigating the hepatoprotective effects of the modified Xiaoyao San(MXS)formula in a male rat model of non-alcoholic...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;Nos.81971047 (to WTL) and 82073910 (to XFW);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,No.BK20191253 (to XFW);Key R&D Program (Social Development) Project of Jiangsu Province,No.BE2019 732 (to WTL);Jiangsu Province Hospital (the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University) Clinical Capacity Enhancement Project,No.JSPH-511B2018-8 (to YBP)。
Opioids,such as morphine,are the most potent drugs used to treat pain.Long-term use results in high tolerance to morphine.High mobility group box-1(HMGB1) has been shown to participate in neuropathic or inflammatory p...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21877036 and 32201044);the Key Project of Developmental Biology and Breeding from Hunan Province(No.2022XKQ0205);the Hunan Natural Science Foundation(No.2021JJ40335);the Science and Technology Planning Project of Hunan Province(No.2018TP1017).
The activation of the stimulating factor of the interferon gene(STING)pathway can enhance the immune response within the tumor.Cyclic diguanylate monophosphate(c-di-GMP)is a negatively charged,hydrophilic STING agonis...
Tumor promoters, apoptosis and autophagy modulators, chemotherapy drugs, and endogenous steroids demonstrate molecular similarity relative to cyclic nucleotide structure. This study explores relative molecular similar...
Carcinogenesis is associated with malfunction in the cGMP-mediated regulation of cytosolic Ca2+ and reactive oxygen species. Chemotherapy resistant cancer cells are re-sensitised to apoptosis by the action ...
This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81272870).
This study investigated the effect of liraglutide(an analog of human glucagon-like peptide-1[GLP-1])on the proliferation of Ishikawa(IK)and human endometrial carcinoma(HEC)-IB endometrial cancer(EC)cell lines,identifi...
supported by Scottish Rugby Union funding to WH and DS;the NRB PhD scholarship from the International Spinal Rsesarch Trust to AGB;a Hot-Start Scholarship from the University of aberdeen to DD。
Millions of people worldwide are affected by traumatic spinal cord injury,which usually results in permanent sensorimotor disability.Damage to the spinal cord leads to a series of detrimental events including ischaemi...