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 ...
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...
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...
Hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection is associated with increased thrombotic risk. Several mechanisms are involved including direct endothelial damage by the HCV virus, with activation of tissue factor, altered fibrinolys...
AIM To evaluate the different roles of thrombophiliain patients with and without viral etiology. The thrombophilicgenetic factors (THRGFs), PAI-1 4G-4G, MTHFR677TT, V Leiden 506Q and prothrombin 20210A,were studied ...
Supported by Novo Nordisk Foundation and the University of Copenhagen
In addition to complications relating to the liver, patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension develop extrahepatic functional disturbances of multiple organ systems. This can be considered a multiple organ failu...