This study was supported by a grant from the Science and Technology Planning Project of Zhejiang Province(No.LGF19H160002).
To the Editor:A 37-year-old Chinese woman,a nonsmoker,presented with adenocarcinoma of the left lung(stage IV)[Figure 1A],malignant pleural effusion,and multiple bone metastases in December 2014.Deoxyribonucleic acid ...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.U1204819;Health Science and Technology Innovation Talents Program of Henan Province,No.4203
AIM To detect the expression of pleiotrophin(PTN) and N-syndecan in pancreatic cancer and analyze their association with tumor progression and perineural invasion(PNI).METHODS An orthotopic mouse model of pancreatic c...
Here, we report that the modification of liposome surfaces with AG73 peptides enhances delivery of the lipophilic anticancer drug, edelfosine, to tumor cells overexpressing the cellsurface receptor, syndecan 2. To tes...
Exosomes are secreted vesicles of endosomal origin involved in signaling processes. We recently showed that the syndecan heparan sulfate proteoglycans control the biogenesis of exosomes through their interaction with ...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.U1204819;Health Science and Technology Innovation Talents Program of Henan Province,China,No.4203
Perineural invasion(PNI)in pancreatic cancer is an important cause of local recurrence,but little is known about its mechanism.Pleiotrophin(PTN)is an important neurotrophic factor.It is of interest that our recent exp...
Fibrogenesis in inflammatory bowel diseases is a complex phenomenon aimed at mucosal repair. However, it may provoke intestinal fibrosis with the development of strictures which require surgery. Therefore, fibrogenes...
AIM: To investigate tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), syndecan 1 and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) balance in Crohn's disease (CD) strictures. METHODS: Our study was performed on 24 surgical specimens of CD f...