the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32371249/32100959/82322070 to C.M.,92353303/32141004 to Y.Z.,32171187 to Y.J.82121005 to YJ.and H.E.X.,32130022 to H.E.X.);the Ministry of Science and Technology(2019YFA050880 to Y.Z.);the"Pioneer"and"Leading Goose"R&D Program of Zhejiang(2024C03147 to Y.Z.);the Key R&D Projects of Zhejiang Province(2021C03039 to Y.Z.);the Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(2020R01006 to Y.Z.);the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars(LR22C050002 to C.M.);the Ministry of Science and Technology(2023YFC2306800 to C.M.);the Lingang Laboratory(LG-GG-202204-01 to YJ.and H.E.X.);CAS Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB37030103 to H.E.X.);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2019SHZDZX02 to H.E.X.);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(H.E.X.);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(226-2022-00205 to Y.Z.).
Protease-activated receptors(PARs)are a unique group within the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily,orchestrating cellular responses to extracellular proteases via enzymatic cleavage,which triggers intracellular si...
National Institute of General Medical Sciences(Grant R01GM148743);National Institute of Child Health and Human Development(Grant UHD113039);National Science Foundation(Grant 2402311);National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences(Grants R01ES031080 and R35ES031709).
Computational modeling has emerged as a time-saving and cost-effective alternative to traditional animal testing for assessing chemicals for their potential hazards.However,few computational modeling studies for immun...
This work was supported by the Columbia University startup packages(Li Qiang and Jianwen Que)and the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Center(Wei Li).
Estrogen is imperative to mammalian reproductivity,metabolism,and aging.However,the hormone activating estrogen receptor(ERs)αcan cause major safety concerns due to the enrichment of ERαin female tissues and certain...
financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82273761 and No.81871257);the Medical Innovation and Development Project of Lanzhou University(lzuyxcx-2022-156,China);the Undergraduate Teaching Quality Engineering Project of Sun Yat-sen University[2021]93;the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction Foundation(2023B1212060022,China)。
The role of co-agonists of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor(GLP-1R)and glucagon receptor(GCGR)in chronic kidney disease(CKD)remains unclear.Herein we found that GLP-1R and GCGR expression levels were lower in the kidn...
Pramipexole is a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and Restless legs syndrome. Although off-label, the use of Pramipexole as an adjunct therapy in treatment resistant depression has recent...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants 81720108032 and 81930109 to Haiping Hao,82073926 to Hong Wang,and 82073928 to Guangji Wang);the National Key Research and Development Programme of China(2021YFA1301300 to Haiping Hao);Leading Technology Foundation Research Project of Jiangsu Province(grant BK20192005 to Guangji Wang,China);the Project Program of State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines(China Pharmaceutical University,SKLNMZZ202202 to Haiping Hao);Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen(SZSM201801060 to Guangji Wang,China)。
Farnesoid X receptor(FXR)is widely accepted as a promising target for various liver diseases;however,panels of ligands in drug development show limited clinical benefits,without a clear mechanism.Here,we reveal that a...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 31800971 and 81873654)
Orexin signaling has been associated with energy expenditure and brown adipose tissue(BAT)function.However,conflicting data exist in the field about how orexin signaling regulates BAT thermogenesis.In this study,we sh...
grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81473136 and 81773635);We thank Dr.Xiao-qin Huang from Rice University(Houston,TX 77005,USA)for great help and discussion about the overall research design and final writing of this work.
The retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor(ROR)γt receptor is a member of nuclear receptors,which is indispensable for the expression of pro-in?ammatory cytokine IL-17.RORγt has been established as a drug ta...
We thank Dr. Joseph Kozocas from SRI international, California, USA for providing (R,/T)-FEN and (&R1-MNF for the analysis and Dr. Wei Liang and his team from WuXi AppTec, Shanghai, China for technical assistance in the cAMP assay. This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China under the National Key Research and Development Program of China [grant number 2018YFA0507603 (to R-PX)];the National Science and Technology Major Project [grant numbers 2013ZX09507001-001002 (to AY-HW), 2013ZX09301305-001 (to LP), 2013ZX09508104 (to R-PX), 2018ZX09739009 (to M-SC)];the National Basic Research Program [grant number 2012CB518000 (to R-PX)];the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 81673355 (to AY-HW), 81872752 (to MSC), 31521062, 81630008, 81790621 (to R-PX)];Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission [grant number Z171100000417006 (to R-PX)], and the intramural research program of the NIH, USA (to IWW).
β-Arrestins are a small family of proteins important for signal transduction at G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).β-Arrestins are involved in the desensitization of GPCRs. Recently, biased ligands possessing diffe...
OBJECTIVE To detect the underlying mechanism of time window for estrogen(E2)replacement treating cognitive decline.METHODS E2 begun 1 week after the ovariectomy(OVXST)or 3 months after the ovariectomy(OVXLT).Learning ...