supported by the National Research Foundation(NRF)S&F-Scarce Skills Postdoctoral Fellowship,No.120752(to AC);the Global Excellence and Stature,Fourth Industrial Revolution(GES 4.0)Postgraduate Scholarship(to MJR);the South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation of South Africa(SARChI/NRF-DST),No.146290(to DDS and HA).
Photobiomodulation,originally used red and near-infrared lasers,can alter cellular metabolism.It has been demonstrated that the visible spectrum at 451-540 nm does not necessarily increase cell proliferation,near-infr...
supported by Youth Talent Fund Project of Military Medical Research Institute(AMMS-QNPY-2021-005);the Joint Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U21A20394);National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund(32201116).
The whole heart decellularized extracellular matrix(ECM)has become a promising scaffold material for cardiac tissue engineering.Our previous research has shown that the whole heart acellular matrix possesses the memor...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82205095,82374292,92059102,32090040,82204894,and 82305179);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2022M720520);the Anhui TCM Synergism Project(202303a0702003).
Gastric intestinal metaplasia(GIM)represents a precancerous stage characterized by morphological and pathophysiological changes in the gastric mucosa,where gastric epithelial cells transform into a phenotype resemblin...
This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82360628);the Nonprofit Central Research Institute Fund of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(No.2019PT330002);the Key Research and Development Projects in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region(No.2022BFH02013).
Hypertrophic scar(HS)is one of the most common sequelae of patients,especially after burns and trauma.The roles of regulatory long noncoding RNAs(lncRNAs)in mediating HS remain underexplored.Human hypertrophic scarder...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No.2021YFA1101300,2021YFA1101800,2020YFA0112503,2022YFA0807000);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science (XDA16010303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.81970892,82171149,82030029,81970882,92149304);the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (No.2021YFS0371);the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program (JCYJ20190814093401920,JCYJ20210324125608022);the Open Research Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering,Fudan University (No.SKLGE-2104).
Sensory hair cells(HCs)in the cochlea cannot regenerate spontaneously in adult mammals after being damaged by external or genetic factors.However,several genes and signaling pathways are reported to induce cochlear HC...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31970676,31970770,32270876);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018 YFA0800700,2022YFA0806600),and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Glioblastoma multiforme(GBM),a highly malignant and heterogeneous brain tumor,contains various types of tumor and non-tumor cells.Whether GBM cells can trans-differentiate into non-neural cell types,including mural ce...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(81830022 and 81970671)。
The prevalence of diabetes has increased dramatically, with over 537 million adults affected worldwide.1 In both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, pancreatic islet β cell dysfunction is common pathogenesis.
This work was supported by grants from the Key Program of Nature Science Foundation of China(grant number 81930067);the Medical Science and Technology Youth Cultivation Project of PLA China(grant number 20QNPY022);Medical innovation capability upgrading Plan of Southwest Hospital China(grant number SWH2018LJ-03);Medical innovation of graduate students in Chongqing China(grant number CYS19360).
The bone is previously considered as a dominant organ involved in the processes of locomotion.However,in the past two decades,a large number of studies have suggested that the skeletal system closely coordinated with ...
We thank Yani Kang from School of Biomedical Engineering.Shang-hai Jiao Tong University(Shanghai,China)for useful discussions.Thia work wal upportd by the granta from thc National Kcy R&D Program of Chima(No.2018YFC1003500),the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11374207,31501054,31670722,31900430,31971151,81627801,and 81972909),and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2018M640419).
Monocyte-to-macrophage trans-differentiation has long been studied to better understand this immunological response and aspects of developmentall processes more generally.A key question is the nature of the correspond...
Adipose tissue plays pivotal roles in the development of hypertension,including white and brown adipocytes.Immunity and inflammation provide a bridge between adipose dysfunction and hypertensive target organ damage.We...