supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82270545 and No.81870381);Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(No.H2014206446)。
Objective Intestinal fibrosis is a refractory complication of inflammatory bowel disease(IBD).Tumor necrosis factor ligand-related molecule-1A(TL1A)is important for IBD-related intestinal fibrosis in a dextran sodium ...
supported by funds from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.82070666,82122068);the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20200026,China);the Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control of Jiangsu Province,the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.JUSRP221037,JUSRP22007,China);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2022M721366);the Excellent Postdoctoral Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.2023ZB168,China);Wuxi City’s first“double hundred”young and middle-aged medical and health talents(Grant No:BJ2020045,China);Wuxi Social Development Science and Technology Demonstration Project(Grant No:N20201003,China)。
Chronic pancreatitis(CP)is a progressive and irreversible fibroinflammatory disorder,accompanied by pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and dysregulated gut microbiota.Recently,accumulating evidence has supported a corr...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81970083 and 82170097)
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF)is a chronic progressive lung disease characterized by progressive lung fibrogenesis and histological features of usual interstitial pneumonia.IPF has a poor prognosis and presents a ...
Supported by the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham SEED grant (K-PHAR-22-662)
Transforming growth factor-beta(TGF-β)is a multifunctional cytokine that performs a dual role as a tumor suppressor and tumor promoter during cancer progression.Among different ligands of the TGF-βfamily,TGF-β1 mod...
the National Council for Science and Technology,No.SALUD-2016-272579 and No.PAPIIT-UNAM TA200515.
BACKGROUND Matrix metalloproteinases(MMPs)participate in the degradation of extracellular matrix compounds,maintaining the homeostasis between fibrogenesis and fibrolytic processes in the liver.However,there are few s...
This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81270092);the Free Exploration Fundation of Hubei University of Medicine(No.FDFR201801).
Isoliquiritigenin(ISL),a natural flavonoid derived from the root of liquorice,has been reported to possess anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities.Previous studies have found that ISL plays a crucial role in anti...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81360595 and No.81860790;Guangxi Natural Science Foundation Program,No.KJT13066;the Bagui Scholars Foundation Program of Guangxi;the Special-term Experts Foundation Program of Guangxi;the Project of Guangxi Young Teacher Fundamental Ability Promotion,No.2017KY0298
BACKGROUND Studies show that the antifibrotic mechanism of taurine may involve its inhibition of the activation and proliferation of hepatic stellate cells(HSCs). Since the molecular mechanism of taurine-mediated anti...
supported in part by a NIH grant,No.R01 DK106540(to WL).
The genetic basis underlying liver fibrosis remains largely unknown.We conducted a study to identify genetic alleles and underlying pathways associated with hepatic fibrogenesis and fibrosis at the genome-wide level i...
Supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project,No.2014ZX10002002 and No.2017ZX10202202;the National Key Research Plan "Precision Medicine Research" Key Project,No.2017YFC0908103;the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81700534;Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team,No.2017TD-08
AIM To investigate the relationship between levels of iron metabolism markers and hepatitis B virus(HBV)-related chronic liver diseases.METHODS This case-control study with 318 participants included 78 cases of chroni...
Intestinal fibrosis is a frequent complication of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD),and can lead to stricture formation and intestinal obstruction. Clinically apparent stenosis occurs in more than 30% of patients with...