supported by National Institutes of Health grants(R01GM143282 and R01NS133147);C.-H.L.and Y.D.are supported by ALSAC.
Urate is an endogenous product of purine metabolism in the liver.High urate levels in the blood lead to gout,a very common and painful inflammatory arthritis.Excreted urate is reabsorbed in the kidney mainly by URAT1 ...
funded by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC2503300 and 2018YFA0800300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32030053 and 32241017);the startup fund from City University of Hong Kong(9380154);the RGC Theme-based Research Scheme(8770011);the TBSC Project fund,and Shenzhen Medical Research Fund(B2302042);R.T.was supported by the VA Research Service(I01 BX005927)and NIH(PAG007996).
Dyslipidemia affects approximately half of all people with gout,and prior Mendelian randomization analysis suggested a causal role for elevated triglycerides in hyperuricemia(HU),but the underlying mechanisms remain e...
supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2021TQ0387,2022M713625,and 2021M703709);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.82203188 and 81825016);Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Urological Diseases(No.2020B1111170006);the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(No.2020A1515111119)
Background:Dual-energy computed tomography(DECT)is purported to accurately distinguish uric acid stones from non-uric acid stones.However,whether DECT can accurately discriminate ammonium urate stones from uric acid s...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82170567,No.81873546,No.82170568,and No.82300627;Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader,No.22XD1425000;The"Shu Guang"project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation,No.19SG30,China;Deep Blue Project of Naval Medical University(Pilot Talent Plan);The Chenguang Program of Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission,No.22CGA42;The Shanghai Sailing Program,No.23YF1458600;and Shanghai Natural Science Foundation,No.23ZR1478700.
BACKGROUND Previous studies have indicated bidirectional associations between urate levels and inflammatory bowel disease(IBD),including ulcerative colitis(UC)and Crohn’s disease(CD).However,it remains unclear whethe...
The Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration(CN)(Project No.2023ZF012).
Background:Abnormally high level of uric acid in the blood,defined as hyperuricemia(HUA),increases the chance of developing various disorders,such as gout,hypertension,and diabetes.There is a critical need to create s...
funding from the Shanghai Sailing Program (21YF1414200)
Polyimide(PI)films are widely used in printed circuit boards,electronic packaging,interlayer media,display panels,and other fields.Improving the thermal conductivity of PI film is of great significance to promote effe...
Gout is a disease that has been pestering humankind for centuries.Hence,gout therapeutics has always been a field of ongoing research.Beginning from colchicine,which was the first drug to come into use,to the latest i...
This work was supported by Young and Middle Aged Teachers’Career Development Support Project of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University(ZQN2019005).
Urate acid transporter 1(URAT1)is the main transporter of uric acid reabsorption,which closely related to the pathogenesis of hyperuricemia.Screening URAT1 inhibitors and studying their possible metabolic processes is...
Gout is the most common cause of monoarthritis in men occurring classically in the great toe and the knee.Extra-articular gout manifestations are rare.Only a few cases of head and neck urate crystals deposits have bee...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81773794 and 81974507)and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2018A0303130088).
Urate transporter 1(URAT1)and glucose transporter 9(GLUT9)are important targets for the development of uric acid-lowering drugs.We previously showed that the flexible linkers of URAT1 inhibitors could enhance their po...