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...
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...
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...
Fibrogenesis imperfecta ossium is a rare disorder of bone usually characterized by marked osteopenia and associated with variable osteoporosis and osteosclerosis, changing over time. Histological examination shows tha...
supported by Theodore Bilharz Research Institute(grant number:ID-MS-99/A,2012,PI:Naglaa El-Lakkany)
Objective:To investigate the antifibrotic role of rosmarinic acid(RA),a natural polyphenolic compound,on HSCs activation/proliferation and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Methods:The impact of RA on stellate cell line...
This work was supported by an award(1R01AA021510)from the National Institutes of Health.
Background and aim:a-complex protein-2(aCP2)encoded by the poly(rC)binding protein 2(PCBP2)gene is responsible for the accumulation of type I collagen in fibrotic livers.In this study,we silenced the PCBP2 gene using ...