Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81971250 and No.82171501;Beijing Hospitals Authority Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support,No.ZLRK202335;Early Psychosis Cohort Program of Beijing Anding Hospital,No.ADDL-03.
BACKGROUND Cognitive reserve(CR)and the catechol-O-methyltransferase(COMT)Val/Met polymorphism are reportedly linked to negative symptoms in schizophrenia.However,the regulatory effect of the COMT genotype on the rela...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC1700200,2017YFC1702000),the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81922070,81703604,81973286,81773687 and 81603187);Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(18ZR1436500);Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader(18XD1403600);Shuguang Program(18SG40)supported by Shanghai Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Municipal Education Commission;the project sponsored by the development fund for Shanghai talents(2019);the Key Science and Technology Program of Shenyang supported by Shenyang Science and Technology Bureau(17-230-9-05).
Mammalian catechol-O-methyltransferases(COMT)are an important class of conjugative enzymes,which play a key role in the metabolism and inactivation of catechol neurotransmitters,catechol estrogens and a wide range of ...
Background: In the treatment of morbid obesity bariatric surgery has become the method of choice. Dopamine is the primary modulator of the brain’s reward system and plays an essential role in the reg...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81730033(to XPG),No.81701371(to TJX)
Isoflurane and sevoflurane are both inhalation anesthetics,but in clinical application,sevoflurane has been considered to be less suitable for long-term anesthesia because of its catabolic compounds and potential neph...
supported by the National Basic Research Development Program of China (2016YFC0906400, 2016YFC1306900 and 2016YFC0904300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571311 and 81571331);the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (81725005);the National High Tech Development Project (863 Project) of China (2015AA020513);the Science and Technology Project of Liaoning Province, China (2015225018);the Educational Foundation (Pandeng Scholarship) of Liaoning Province, China;the support of Department of Radiology and Psychiatry, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University
ZNF804A rs1344706 has been identified as one of the risk genes for schizophrenia.However,the neural mechanisms underlying this association are unknown.Given that ZNF804A upregulates the expression of COMT,we hypothesi...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(81272768);National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(81573009)
Aims:Catechol-O-methyltransferase(COMT)plays a role in many kinds of cancer,and its high expression in pancreatic cancer has been found to be related to better prognosis.However,the expression and biological significa...
Aim: Tanshinol is an important catechol in the antianginal herb Salvia miltiorrhiza roots (Danshen). This study aimed to characterize tanshinol methylation. Methods: Metabolites of tanshinol were analyzed by liqui...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81271484 and 81471361 toX.C,30900486 and 81371480 to J.T);the National Key Basic Research and Development Program(2012CB517904 to X.C)
Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder broadly accepted being caused by genetic and environmental factors. Although conventional genetic studies have identified some candidate genes for schizophrenia, l...
This work was supported by grants from the National Program on Key Basic Research Project (973 Program) (No. 2009CB825504), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31000343, No. 31300642, No. 31071126), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20111208110001), the Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology (No. I1CYBJC26200), and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of Ministry of Education of China (No. IRY1166).
Previous studies have revealed that histone acetyltransferase p300 is recruited to the promoters of certain cardiac and smooth muscle specific genes to enhance the transactivation activity of myocardin, which is a mas...