supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51820105004,China);the Key Areas Research and Development Program of Guangzhou(No.202007020006,China).
Although the discovery of insulin 100 years ago revolutionized the treatment of diabetes,its therapeutic potential is compromised by its short half-life and narrow therapeutic index.Current long-acting insulin analogs...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2022YFA0807300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82271775 and 81971466);the Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund of Jiangsu Province(BK20220049)and the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(CIFMS 2021-I2M-1-061,2021-I2M-1-047 and 2022-I2M-2-004).BZ was in part supported by the Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi 2021TD-38.JZ was in part supported by a Translational Research Grant of NCRCH(2020ZKZC04)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82071765);supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC 31900645).We thank Prof.Yonghong Wan from McMaster University,Canada,for his critical reading of the manuscript and helpful discussions.
SEL1L-mediated endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation(ERAD)plays critical roles in controlling protein homeostasis by degrading misfolded or terminal unfolded proteins.However,it remains unclear how SEL1L regula...
supported by the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care,Medical Center-University of Freiburg,Germany;funded by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Science,Research and Art and the University of Freiburg in the funding program Open Access Publishing
The noble gas argon has the potential to protect neuronal cells from cell death.So far,this effect has been studied in treatment after acute damage.Preconditioning using argon has not yet been investigated.In this stu...
Melatonin (MEL) has been reported to have acute enhancing effects on some aspects of cognition. Recently, we revealed that N1-acetyl-5-methoxyquinuramine (AMK), a brain metabolite of MEL, is much more potent than MEL ...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.U20A20408(Major Program)and No.82074450(General Program);Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,No.2020JJ4066;Hunan Province Research and innovation projects for Postgraduates,No.CX20190541;Hunan Province"domestic firstclass cultivation discipline"Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine open fund project,No.2018ZXYJH03;Hunan University Undergraduate Research Learning and Innovative Experiment Project,No.201609030114.
BACKGROUND In traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),frankincense and myrrh are the main components of the antitumor drug Xihuang Pill.These compounds show anticancer activity in other biological systems.However,whether fr...
supported by Shanxi Province Science Foundation for Youths(Grant No.201901D211159);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11504214,11874310,and 12090052).
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors(IP_(3)R)-mediated calcium ion(Ca^(2+))release plays a central role in the regulation of cell survival and death.Bcl-2 limits the Ca^(2+)release function of the IP3R through a dir...
funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund,Macao S.A.R(Grant No.0023/2019/A and SKLQRCM(UM)-2020-2022,China);National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFE0191500);the Research Fund of the University of Macao,Macao S.A.R.(Grant No.MYRG2019-00143-ICMS,China)
Inflammatory bowel disease(IBD)is a chronic intestinal disease with painful clinical manifestations and high risks of cancerization.With no curative therapy for IBD at present,the development of effective therapeutics...
the financial support to S.X.from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971836);the Hunan provincial Natural Science Foundation(2019JJ40126);the financial support to Y.Z.from NSERC Discovery grant program。
Higher plants utilize a variety of immune receptors to recognize pathogens and trigger defense responses.Intracellular nucleotidebinding leucine-rich repeat receptors(NLRs)are widely used for detecting pathogen effect...
supported by Grants-in-Aids for Scientific Research(B)(18H02660)and(Q(19K07589 and 20K07534)from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology of Japan。
Retinoic acid-inducible gene I(RIG-l)-like receptors(RLRs)are RNA sensor molecules that play essential roles in innate antiviral immunity.Among the three RLRs encoded by the human genome,RIG-1 and melanoma differentia...
This work is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81572354 and 81772542 to T.W.);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province in China(BK20161400 to T.W.).
C-type lectin receptors(CLRs)are powerful pattern-recognition receptors that discern‘self’and‘non-self’in our body and protect us from invasive pathogens by mediating immune recognition and response.The gastrointe...